POLITICIANS – UNITED STATES

Secret briefings triggered US senators’ dramatic AUKUS intervention

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Original article by Matthew Knott
The Age – Page: Online : 10-Jan-23

It has been disclosed that officials from AUKUS working groups provided confidential briefings in December to US congressional leaders on the process of negotiations to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines under the AUKUS treaty. It can be revealed that the briefings prompted Democrats Senator Jack Reed and Republican Senator James Inhofer of the Senate Armed Services Committee to write to President Joe Biden expressing their concerns about the implications of the AUKUS treaty, with the two warning that there should be no sale of transfer of Virginia-class submarines to Australia until the current requirements of the US Navy are fulfilled.

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Critical mineral groups bank on Biden

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Original article by Jacob Greber
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 11 : 27-Oct-20

Ioneer’s chairman James Calaway has welcomed indications by presidential candidate Joe Biden that he is supportive of US production of solar panels, electric vehicles and energy storage. Australian-listed Ioneer is seeking to develop a lithium mine in Nevada, and Calaway says the US looks set for a "electrified clean future" if Biden wins the election, with huge implications for the supply of battery materials such as lithium. Biden has stated that he will spend $US2 trillion ($2.8 trillion) on electric vehicle infrastructure and other projects to curb carbon emissions if he is elected, and analysts believe that his plan will spark ongoing demand for copper.

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IONEER LIMITED – ASX INR, DEMOCRATIC PARTY (UNITED STATES)

Offshore leak exposes Trump’s Russia links

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Original article by International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 : 6-Nov-17

Some 13.4 million records from Bermudan law firm Appleby have been leaked to the international press. The records cover the period from 1950 to 2016. The leaked records contain significant revelations, including that US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has interests in a shipping company that has received close to $US70 million in revenue since 2014 from a company co-owned by the son-in-law of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The records also reveal detailed information about the Queen’s finances, and show that mining firm Glencore is Appleby’s largest client.

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APPLEBY, UNITED STATES. DEPT OF COMMERCE, GLENCORE PLC, NIKE INCORPORATED, APPLE INCORPORATED, MICROSOFT CORPORATION

Why BHP, Rio fear Sanders

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Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 4-Feb-16

The future of the proposed Resolution copper mine joint venture between BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto could depend on the outcome of the 2016 US presidential election. The mine’s development is opposed by Senator Bernie Sanders, who is seeking nomination as the Democratic Party’s candidate. He has narrowly lost the Iowa caucus to Democrats frontrunner Hillary Clinton, after previously being regarded as having little chance of being a contender for the party’s nomination.

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BHP BILLITON LIMITED – ASX BHP, RIO TINTO LIMITED – ASX RIO, DEMOCRATIC PARTY (UNITED STATES)