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Deploying Critical Minerals Price Support Mechanisms

December 11, 2025 • 9:00 – 11:00 am EST

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Critical Minerals Security Program

Western and allied countries are mobilizing resources for new mining projects at an unprecedented pace to secure critical mineral supply chains and counter China’s dominance. Yet achieving long-term economic viability remains a major challenge, especially in the face of market manipulation and extreme price volatility. Government-led price support mechanisms can play a decisive role in stabilizing markets for strategic commodities and enabling the supply chain diversification needed for national and economic security. 

Join the CSIS Critical Minerals Security Program on December 11, 2025, for the launch of the program’s new policy report on Deploying Critical Minerals Price Support Mechanisms, from 9:00am – 11:00am ET. This event will bring together senior government officials from G7 nations and leading industry executives to discuss how price support mechanisms and other policy tools can make U.S. and allied minerals projects competitive amid Chinese market manipulation. 

Event Agenda

Opening Remarks

9:00 am
  • Dr. Gracelin Baskaran, Director, Critical Minerals Security Program, CSIS

Keynote Address

9:15 am
  • Dinah McLeod, Director General, Cobalt Institute

Panel 1: G7 Strategies for Mineral Market Resilience

9:30 am

Speakers

  • Dr. Gracelin Baskaran, Director, Critical Minerals Security Program, CSIS
  • Johanna Kruger, Counsellor, Head of Environment and Energy, Embassy of Canada
  • Hannah Fitzgerald, Counsellor for Trade Policy, Economic Security and Agriculture, British Embassy Washington

  • Kentaro Mukai, Counselor, Economic Section, Embassy of Japan in the U.S.

     

Moderator:

  • Meredith Schwartz, Associate Fellow, Critical Minerals Security Program, CSIS

Panel 2: Stabilizing Mineral Markets: Price Support Across Commodities  

10:15 am

Speakers

  • Rahim Bapoo, Managing Director, Energy Transition, Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals, BMO Capital Markets 
  • Matthew Lengerich, President and Executive General Manager, Jervois USA
  • Heather McDowell, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Legal and External Affairs, Americas, Sibanye-Stillwater
  • Jason Muller, Head of Public Policy, Equinor

 

Moderator:

  • Dr. Gracelin Baskaran, Director, Critical Minerals Security Program, CSIS

Closing Remarks

11:00 am

Event agenda is subject to change. 

This event is made possible through generous support from the Cobalt Institute.

Tags

Europe, North America, Critical Minerals, Defense and Security, Energy and Geopolitics, and Energy Markets, Trends, and Outlooks

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Contact Information

Rahim Bapoo

Rahim Bapoo

Managing Director, Energy Transition, Metals, Mining & Critical Minerals, BMO Capital Markets 
Hannah Fitzgerald

Hannah Fitzgerald

Counsellor for Trade Policy, Economic Security and Agriculture, British Embassy Washington
Johanna Kruger

Johanna Kruger

Counsellor, Head of Environment and Energy, Embassy of Canada
Matthew Lengerich

Matthew Lengerich

President and Executive General Manager, Jervois USA
Heather McDowell

Heather McDowell

Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Legal and External Affairs, Americas, Sibanye Stillwater
Dinah McLeod

Dinah McLeod

Director General, Cobalt Institute
Kentaro Mukai

Kentaro Mukai

Counselor, Economic Section, Embassy of Japan in the U.S.
Jason Muller

Jason Muller

Head of Public Policy, Equinor

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December 11, 2025 • 9:00 – 11:00 am EST
Deploying Critical Minerals Price Support Mechanisms