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How Kenya’s sacred Mrima Hill became new front in US-China minerals rivalry

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Mrima Hill, a sacred site about 65km (40 miles) southwest of Mombasa on Kenya’s Indian Ocean coast, is emerging as a new front in the US-China rivalry for critical minerals. US-led and Chinese bidders are competing for rights to develop the site, which is rich in rare earths and niobium, a metal used to make steel stronger and lighter. American officials have offered to support Kenya’s development of its domestic critical minerals processing industry as Washington seeks to challenge Beijing’s...

First report: Scramble On for Kenya’s Mrima Hill Rare Earths and Niobium — riotimesonline.com, 2d