As India rises in critical minerals race, can it dent China’s dominance?

A new India-us-pact-on-critical-minerals" class="entity-link entity-event" data-entity-id="140178" data-entity-type="event">India-US pact on critical minerals has put the spotlight on New Delhi’s potential as an alternative to China, but analysts say despite the country’s significant resources, it is unlikely to dent Beijing’s dominance in the sector any time soon.Delhi and Washington signed a framework agreement on May 26 during US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to India to secure supplies of critical minerals and rare earths, including their mining and processing.According to a US embassy statement, the framework would allow the United States and India to engage in international efforts to protect sensitive supply chains from “coercive market practices” and reduce their collective “vulnerability to single-source monopolies”.