Mining the Future: America's Critical Minerals Challenge
Paramita Das and Karl Friedhoff discuss the strategic challenges facing the US as it tries to secure critical mineral supply chains while balancing competing policy priorities.
Oct
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About This Event
Critical minerals and rare earth elements are essential to America's clean energy transition and advanced defense technologies. Yet, the United States remains heavily dependent on Chinese imports with minimal domestic mining or processing capacity. How is the Trump administration approaching this issue? Can the United States reduce its reliance on foreign suppliers while simultaneously pursuing policies that may decrease demand for these materials? And what are the consequences of getting this strategy wrong? Join us for a conversation with Paramita Das and Karl Friedhoff as they examine America's approach to critical mineral independence and its implications.
About the Speakers
Paramita Das
Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Advisor, Stardust Power Inc.
Paramita Das serves as chief strategy officer and senior advisor at Stardust Power Inc., bringing over 20 years of experience in the global metals and mining sector. She previously spent eight years at Rio Tinto, the world's second largest metals and mining corporation, serving as global head of marketing, development and ESG for metals and minerals.
Marshall M. Bouton Fellow for Asia Studies
Karl Friedhoff was a Korea Foundation-Mansfield Foundation US-Korea Nexus Scholar and a member of the Mansfield Foundation’s Trilateral Working Group prior to joining the Council. Previously, he was a program officer in the Public Opinion Studies Program at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies based in Seoul, South Korea.