Threat from Communist China

Sen. Mike Lee Sounds Alarm on China’s Critical Minerals Control

The Senate energy committee chairman’s comments came at an event scrutinizing a recent critical minerals report from the International Energy Agency.
Sen. Mike Lee Sounds Alarm on China’s Critical Minerals Control
Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) in Washington on Jan. 15, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Nathan Worcester
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WASHINGTON—Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) raised concerns about American access to critical minerals at an Oct. 21 event questioning a recent major assessment of those resources.

Like the National Center for Energy Analytics (NCEA), which authored the Oct. 20 report scrutinizing an International Energy Agency (IEA) assessment of critical minerals, the chairman of the Senate’s energy committee warned of China’s sophisticated control over those materials.

Nathan Worcester
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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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