Well good, the more the merrier.
From Reuters via MSN, March 25:
France is among the countries poised to invest in Australian critical minerals projects, Australia's resources minister said on Thursday, as Canberra's framework deal with the U.S. prompts nations with advanced manufacturing sectors to secure access to supply.
Australia has been on a four-year mission to build an industry for minerals like rare earths that are key to future technologies such as electronics and defence, as countries look to diversify their supply chain away from dominant producer China.
As well as last October's critical minerals agreement with the United States, which included an $8.5 billion pipeline of investments, Australia has inked agreements for sector cooperation with Japan, South Korea, India, France, Germany and Britain.
"Since the framework agreement with the U.S., that work has taken on new urgency from some other partners as they make sure they also have access to critical minerals," Australian Resources Minister Madeleine King told Reuters in an interview during the Minerals Week summit in Canberra.
"France is more and more keen," she said....
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