The United States will help Madagascar build a refinery for rare ores.
The United States will finance the construction of a refinery for rare ores in Empsindwa, Madagascar, a large African island nation in the Indian Ocean. By backing the project, Washington seeks to diversify its supply chain vis-à-vis China. This is the latest French report on China-U.S. Relations published by RFI's Africa Correspondent on Saturday, October 31. Jacob Hallberg, now Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs in the second Trump administration, approved the initial funding of $4.8 million. Continue browsing in