{"id":33956,"date":"2024-05-13T21:18:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T21:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/05\/13\/canada-wants-to-boost-munitions-lines-with-critical-minerals-expansion\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T16:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:08:41","slug":"canada-wants-to-boost-munitions-lines-with-critical-minerals-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2024\/05\/13\/canada-wants-to-boost-munitions-lines-with-critical-minerals-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada wants to boost munitions lines with critical minerals expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada is seeking to increase its munitions stockpiles amid shortages highlighted by the war in Ukraine. But to bolster production, it first needs to expand its supply chain, particularly for the critical minerals ubiquitous in defense equipment and consumer electronics alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To do this, Ottawa hopes to tap further into its vast critical minerals reserves, lessening its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2022\/07\/26\/after-years-of-inattention-congress-scrambles-to-save-defense-supply-chain\/\" target=\"_blank\">reliance on China which dominates much of the global supply chain<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have an increasing dependence on Chinese critical minerals,\u201d Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair told Defense News Monday at a Defense Writers Group event in Washington. \u201cCertainly in my country, we have actually a lot of those assets in the ground. But we have to extract them and we have to process them,\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCanada can be helpful to our allies by actually creating a viable source of some of those critical minerals,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd if we work very closely with our allies we can secure broadly what we all will need in the future and we won\u2019t be potentially disadvantaged by an adversary.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blair raised Canada\u2019s efforts to become a critical minerals wellspring for NATO during a meeting with U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s particularly acute, in my opinion, in the defense industry,\u201d Blair told Defense News. \u201cWe rely on aluminum and titanium for the planes we\u2019re building and put in the air. Tungsten is an essential mineral for the production of munitions because of its hardness. Cobalt, rare earth minerals, all of the very technical systems that we are developing have a disproportionate reliance on minerals which are not entirely at this present time secure and under our control.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minerals Security Partnership, a recently established consortium that includes Canada, the U.S. and other NATO-aligned countries met in Toronto in March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada released a critical minerals strategy in December. It identifies 31 minerals Canada deems critical, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2022\/06\/08\/the-us-is-heavily-reliant-on-china-and-russia-for-its-ammo-supply-chain-congress-wants-to-fix-that\/\" target=\"_blank\">several crucial to the munitions supply chain<\/a> like antimony, aluminum, copper and magnesium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It comes as Canada seeks to bolster its munitions stocks, which Blair called \u201cwoefully inadequate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For instance, he noted Canada only has two facilities making 155mm artillery rounds, which are seeking to expand production and supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The shortages have also limited Canada\u2019s ability support Ukraine against Russia\u2019s invasion. Ottawa has committed roughly $14 billion in aid to Ukraine so far, according to Blair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur responsibilities to continue to support Ukraine really requires that we build up domestic capacity,\u201d said Blair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The effort to expand munitions lines and supply chains comes as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/the-americas\/2024\/04\/09\/canada-vows-renewed-focus-on-arctic-defense-equipment-purchases\/\" target=\"_blank\">Canada seeks to increase its defense budget<\/a>, in large part through additional equipment purchases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The defense spending increase will increase Canada\u2019s military funding from 1.3% of GDP to 1.76% of GDP. However, that still falls short of the 2% of GDP benchmark for defense spending that NATO allies have set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Blair said that major defense purchases that have not yet been fully funded, including a replacement for Canada\u2019s aging submarine fleet and an integrated air and missile defense systems, would bring Canada closer to the 2% of GDP benchmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He noted that Canada has discussed modernizing its underwater surveillance capabilities with allies, including the U.S. and Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are a number of options available to us,\u201d said Blair. \u201cBut we\u2019ve got some work to do in both determining what are requirements are, what choices are available on the market, and we\u2019re beginning those processes right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnd once we\u2019ve done that work, I\u2019ll be in a much stronger position 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