Hockey Pushes Iron Ore Cartel as Australia Weaponises Critical Minerals Against China

Former treasurer Joe Hockey used his keynote at Kalgoorlie's Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum to throw his weight behind a plan for Australian miners to form an iron ore cartel, directly targeting China Mineral Resources Group (CMRG) — Beijing's centralised buyer that has been on a pricing blitz. The proposal has been formally put to Canberra, and Hockey argued Australia needs to use every lever it has.

"**A Virginia-class submarine has two tonnes of critical minerals and...