India Seeks Joint Critical Minerals Exploration Deals

India is negotiating deals with Brazil, Canada, France and the Netherlands to jointly explore, extract, process and recycle critical minerals, sources said on Feb. 10, 2026. The talks focus on lithium and rare earths, seek access to processing technologies, and mirror a January agreement with Germany covering exploration, processing and recycling. The Ministry of Mines is leading the outreach to secure supply chains.
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Actionable, industry-wide diplomatic push for critical minerals, but reporting relies on anonymous sources and provides limited technical detail.
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