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critical minerals
Greenland on the chessboard of US imperialism

Why is the Trump Administration seeking the direct annexation of Greenland, when the US empire already holds extensive rights over the island?

Liberians kept in dark about their government’s agreement with US mining company Liberians kept in dark about their government’s agreement with US mining company

Signed before the Liberian president’s meeting with Trump, the USD 1.8 billion deal allows a US mining company to use a strategic Liberian railway to export Guinean iron ore to the US.

DRC and Rwanda to sign peace agreement after months of negotiations DRC and Rwanda to sign peace agreement as US seeks mineral deal

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda are poised to sign a peace agreement on June 27, following months of conflict in Eastern Congo.

Trump administration ruthlessly pursues of mineral wealth in growing competition with China

The US aims to undermine Chinese dominance of the market for critical minerals are the “method to Trump’s foreign policy madness”