{
  "id": 120831,
  "title": "US Defense Agency Cancels Plan to Buy $300 Million of Lithium",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/us-defense-agency-cancels-plan-to-buy-300-million-of-lithium",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-04T06:53:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-04/us-defense-agency-cancels-plan-to-buy-300-million-of-lithium"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Department of Defense has canceled a tender to purchase lithium for its strategic stockpiles, in another apparent sign of the challenges it faces in trying to bolster supplies of critical minerals.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}