US government wants to build strategic reserves
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Joseph Pereira@1:103/705 to
All on Thu Feb 5 08:03:19 2026
Strategic reserves of critical metals, as well as existing strategic energy reserves, are being reviewed.
These critical metals and minerals involve more than just rare metals. Copper and aluminum, for example, are so important that strategic reserves will be maintained.
This is an expensive undertaking, because all that material needs to be stored somewhere. It must be monitored, it must remain accessible, and it must be properly managed.
Trump believes that companies should just finance this for the time being. The question is how those companies will recoup this investment. The minerals and metals will therefore likely become more expensive than the market price. These "details" haven't been worked out, and I think it's crucial to have them clear upfront. Why should companies bear these costs if they have no commercial benefit? If an American company has to bear these costs for just a short period, American companies will become less competitive in the global market.
If the government wants a strategic reserve, why wouldn't it take care of it itself?
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