House CCP Committee Chairman Inquires With Canadian Firm About Supply of Critical Metal

Rep. John Moolenaar says America’s dependence on China for tungsten ‘poses a significant risk’ to the United States’ industrial base and warfighting readiness.

Chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) presides over a hearing in Washington on March 5, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.) has sent a letter to Canada-based mining company Almonty Industries to inquire about a critical metal essential for U.S. defense technology that the United States relies on China to obtain.

Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), announced on June 2 that he had sent a letter to Almonty’s chairman, Lewis Black, over the company’s Sangdong tungsten mine in South Korea.