Resources Minister Madeleine King can’t say often enough that the road to net zero runs through the resources sector – although she is more discreet about it as the road to new US defence technologies. Add in general political rhetoric about Australia’s potential to take advantage of global demand as well as to build value adding capacity domestically. What’s also created alarm is the success of China’s strategy developed over decades to dominate supply of critical minerals and rare earths processing while Western countries ignored the risks of allowing China such control. Opportunities to expand into new areas sound alluring,...