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Saudi Arabia calls for closer cooperation on critical minerals

Minister of Mining and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef told a WEF panel that countries risk conflict if they try to squeeze out competitors

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Bandar Alkhorayef, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Mining and Mineral Resources

Saudi Arabia is using Davos this week to call for closer global cooperation on mining and critical minerals amid growing tensions over competition for resources as Donald Trump stirs the pot.

As the U.S. President left Washington to...