On May 26, on the sidelines of the Quad foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi, India and the United States signed a bilateral framework to secure the supply of critical minerals and rare earths.
The same day, the four Quad nations; India, the US, Australia, and Japan, unveiled the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative Framework, pledging to mobilise up to $20 billion in public and private investment for mining, processing, and recycling.
