Trump's meeting with a mining executive

ON 7 AUGUST, ACCORDING TO CCTV INTERNATIONAL TIMES, UNITED STATES PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL CONVENE A MEETING OF SENIOR EXECUTIVES OF SOME OF THE WORLD'S MAJOR MINING COMPANIES AT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE ON 7 AUGUST, LOCAL TIME, WITH A VIEW TO TAKING ACTION “TO GUARANTEE THE VITAL SUPPLY OF MINERALS TO THE UNITED STATES AND ITS ALLIES”. REUTERS REPORTS THAT THE UNITED STATES IS NOW IN DIRE NEED OF VITAL MINERALS TO REPLENISH WEAPONS STOCKS THAT WERE LOST DURING THE WAR IN IRAN. DURING THE WAR AGAINST IRAN, WHICH LASTED MORE THAN FIVE MONTHS, THE UNITED STATES FORCES CONSUMED A LARGE NUMBER OF PRECISION-GUIDED MISSILES AND ANTI-AIRCRAFT INTERCEPTORS. UNITED STATES DEFENCE OFFICIALS AND PARLIAMENTARIANS HAVE WARNED THAT, GIVEN EXISTING CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS, THE REPLENISHMENT OF STOCKS COULD TAKE YEARS — ALTHOUGH THE TRUMP GOVERNMENT DENIES REPORTS OF A SO-CALLED “SERIOUS SHORTAGE OF AMMUNITION STOCKS”. ACCORDING TO PENTAGON OFFICIALS AND DEFENCE COMPANIES, THE SUPPLY OF MINERALS SUCH AS RARE EARTH, TUNGSTEN, TUNGSTEN AND TUNGSTEN IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF PRECISION GUIDED MISSILES, FIGHTER JETS, ARMOURED VEHICLES, INFRARED SENSORS AND OTHER ADVANCED WEAPONS SYSTEMS. IT IS EXPECTED THAT INDUSTRY GIANTS WILL BE PRESENT, INCLUDING THE GLOBAL MINING MACMOLAN COPPER GOLD COMPANY, THE FREEPORT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE MANTING MOUNTAIN PASS MATERIALS COMPANY, THE RARE EARTH CORPORATION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE ENERGY FUEL CORPORATION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CANADIAN METALS CORPORATION. ACCORDING TO SOURCES, THE TRUMP GOVERNMENT PLANS TO ANNOUNCE A NUMBER OF TRANSACTIONS AND MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDING。