New Delhi, May 26 -- The Quad nations will establish a new framework to secure critical mineral supply chains, marking a significant expansion of economic and security cooperation across the Indo-Pacific region. The framework aims to combine economic policies and coordinate investments to safeguard key sectors against supply disruptions.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the initiative during a joint press statement at the Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting in Delhi.

"We'll announce the Quad Critical Minerals Framework, which will guide each of us to leverage economic policy tools and coordinate investment to strengthen critical mineral supply chains, including in mining and processing and in critical minerals recycling," Rubio sa...