Quad commits $10 million for critical minerals recycling in India and ASEAN at Atlanta foreign ministers' meeting

Key facts

• The Quad foreign ministers of India, the United States, Japan and Australia met in Atlanta, Georgia on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Summit, attended by Dr S Jaishankar, Marco Rubio, Toshimitsu Motegi and Penny Wong.
• The United States committed $10 million to support critical minerals recycling initiatives in India and ASEAN member states.
• The Quad committed over $85 million in technical and financial assistance to support access to trusted Super Intelligence across the Indo-Pacific, including through the Quad Super Intelligence Accelerator.
• The second Quad-at-Sea Ship Observer mission sailed from Chennai, India to Perth, Australia from September 25 to October 7 aboard an Indian Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel to strengthen maritime interoperability.
• The Quad plans to hold its first exercise under the Indo-Pacific Maritime Surveillance Collaboration initiative at Sea Dragon 2027, announced in May in New Delhi.
• The ministers reiterated that the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative Framework, announced in May 2026, strengthens cooperation on critical mineral supply chains.
• This comes over a year after the Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi approved a Rs 1,500 crore incentive scheme under the National Critical Mineral Mission to develop recycling capacity for critical minerals from secondary sources.
• This was the third Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting of the year, after earlier meetings in New Delhi and Manila.