US businessman James Cameron has made a $5 billion offer to acquire Eurasian Resources Group (ERG), according to a letter sent to the company’s board, as the Kazakh mining giant prepares to play a central role in Kazakhstan’s rare earths expansion
ERG, headquartered in Luxembourg and 40% owned by the Kazakh government, is a key global producer of copper, cobalt, aluminum, and iron ore Last year, the company launched a task force to explore Kazakhstan’s reserves of rare earth and rare metals—a strategic move gaining momentum amid geopolitical tensions and a global race to secure critical minerals