Mrima Hill, a sacred site about 65km (40 miles) southwest of Mombasa on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, is emerging as a new front in the US-China rivalry for critical minerals. US-led and Chinese bidders are competing for rights to develop the site, which is rich in rare earths and niobium, a metal used to make steel stronger and lighter.
Mrima Hill, a sacred site about 65km (40 miles) southwest of Mombasa on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, is emerging as a new front in the US-China rivalry for critical minerals.
US-led and Chinese bidders are competing for rights to develop the site, which is rich in rare earths and niobium, a metal used to make steel stronger and lighter.
American officials have offered to support Kenya's development of its domestic critical minerals processing industry as Washington seeks to challenge Beijing's...
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Mrima Hill, a sacred site about 65km (40 miles) southwest of Mombasa on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, is emerging as a new front in the US-China rivalry for critical minerals. US-led and Chinese bidders are competing for rights to develop the site, which is rich in rare earths and niobium, a metal used to make steel stronger and lighter. American officials have offered to support Kenya's development of its domestic critical minerals processing industry as Washington seeks to challenge Beijing's...
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