America may be forced to accelerate its critical mineral supply chain buildout faster than investors currently expect as geopolitical tensions with China continue to rise. China dominates much of the global refining and processing infrastructure for critical minerals that are essential to AI infrastructure, semiconductors, defense systems, robotics, batteries, and next-generation manufacturing. The long-term investment opportunity may not be in rare earth discovery itself, but in building reliable Western supply chains capable of producing
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