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The Great Green Game: 5 Surprising Shifts Redrawing the Map of Critical Minerals

MINEX Asia 2026 in Ankara is set to formalise a new geo-economic corridor from Central Asia's critical mineral reserves through the Caucasus to Turkey and Europe, as Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan move to escape China's processing dominance and capture value-added industrial revenues.

May 26, 2026 Source: linkedin.com Region: Central and Eastern Asia, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan 10 views

The Great Green Game: 5 Surprising Shifts Redrawing the Map of Critical Minerals

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