{"id":136833,"date":"2025-09-19T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=136833"},"modified":"2025-09-19T10:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T10:00:24","slug":"us-invests-in-zambia-project-in-bid-to-loosen-chinas-grip-on-critical-minerals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=136833","title":{"rendered":"US invests in Zambia project in bid to loosen China\u2019s grip on critical minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe United States is stepping up efforts to loosen China\u2019s grip on critical mineral supply chains by investing in a new copper and cobalt project in Zambia.<br \/>\nThe US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will provide a US$1.4 million grant to Metalex Africa, a subsidiary of US-based Metalex Commodities, to fund a feasibility study, in a deal signed on Thursday.<br \/>\nThe study aims to expand a Zambian copper and cobalt facility, securing a direct source of the metals for American industries. Chinese&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3326103\/us-invests-zambia-project-bid-loosen-chinas-grip-critical-minerals?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe United States is stepping up efforts to loosen China\u2019s grip on critical mineral supply chains by investing in a new copper and cobalt&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136833"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}