Rare earth minerals power everything from iPhones and cars to microchips and fighter jets—yet China controls much of the world’s processing capacity. As attention grows around critical minerals, how do they shape daily life, economic security, and military strength?
In this interview, Tomasz Nadrowski, Portfolio Manager at the Amvest Terraden Critical Minerals Fund and author of Mineral War: China’s Quest for Weapons of Mineral Destruction, unpacks these issues and explores their broader geopolitical implications.