Quad countries launch energy security, critical minerals initiatives

The Quad countries have agreed to deepen cooperation on energy security and critical minerals to strengthen supply chains across the Indo-Pacific. The initiative will focus on mining, processing and recycling materials essential for modern technologies.

May 26, 2026

Reuters

Quad countries launch energy security, critical minerals initiatives

FILE PHOTO: File Photo: A truck carrying rare earth travels towards Lynas Corp's Mount Weld processing plant, northeast of Perth, in Western Australia, August 23, 2019. Picture taken August 23.

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The Quad group of countries have agreed to launch an initiative on Indo-Pacific Energy Security and a critical minerals framework, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said after a meeting of the group's foreign ministers on Tuesday.

"The Quad critical minerals framework ... will guide each of us to leverage economic policy tools and coordinate investment to strengthen critical minerals supply chains, including in mining and processing, and in critical minerals recycling," he said in New Delhi.

Quad includes Australia, India, Japan and the U.S.

Reporting by Michael Martina and Saurabh Sharma, writing by Sakshi Dayal; Editing by YP Rajesh/Reuters