It’s called, extortion.

Give us your minerals or we’ll turn off the Starlink communications satellites you so desperately need (likely said while twisting a nefarious villain mustache)

#Canada, this is why you do NOT want to rely upon a Starlink contract.

https://www.reuters.com/business/us-could-cut-ukraines-access-starlink-internet-services-over-minerals-say-2025-02-22/