What is the primary strategic purpose of Coal India's new Singapore trading hub, according to the sources cited in the article?

According to the sources cited in the article, the primary strategic purpose of Coal India's new Singapore trading hub is to diversify into trading iron ore and critical and strategic minerals, support overseas asset acquisitions — particularly in bauxite, lithium, rare earths, and other critical minerals — and expand its critical minerals business while reducing India's dependence on China for such resources.

Which overseas regions and mineral assets is Coal India currently evaluating, as reported in the article?

As reported in the article, Coal India is evaluating bauxite assets in Ghana and other parts of Africa, rare earth minerals in Africa, lithium assets in Chile (including a potential acquisition of a unit of Canada's Wealth Minerals with lithium mining assets there), and other critical mineral opportunities in Canada and Australia — all at a preliminary stage; it has also recently won an iron ore block in Odisha, India, marking its entry into iron ore mining.

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