Signal Five named mineral holders have explored OPEC style supply management

Summary

This signal is the report's first piece of evidence that strategic resources are becoming a source of power for smaller states. It names Australia, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and the Democratic Republic of the Congo as countries with rich reserves of critical minerals. These countries have explored managing supply on the model of OPEC, the oil producers' cartel. The aim would be to maximise both profits and power through coordinated control of output. The report places this within a broader shift in which critical minerals become geostrategically significant in a way similar to gold and oil. It supports the story that select smaller states holding strategic resources increasingly enjoy outsized influence.