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South America Now Ground Zero in Global Metals Rush

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By    |   Monday, 22 December 2025 07:45 AM EST

As nations rush to secure the raw materials that will power the next generation of military hardware, electric vehicles, energy grids and high-tech devices, one fact stands out: metals like lithium, copper, and rare earths — once obscure to mainstream observers — have become geopolitical weapons.

Nowhere is this competition clearer than in South America, where vast deposits lie. And nowhere is it more urgent for the United States to act.

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As nations rush to secure the raw materials that will power the next generation of military hardware, electric vehicles, energy grids and high-tech devices, metals like lithium, copper, and rare earths, once obscure to mainstream observers, have become geopolitical weapons.
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