WIRE โ€” The health crisis complicates efforts to challenge China's dominance in critical mineral supply chains The worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has disrupted travel and delayed negotiations linked to a US-backed critical minerals partnership, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing

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