Critical minerals demand has doubled in the past five years – here are some solutions to the supply crunch

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda This article was first published in August 2023 and updated in May 2024. Investing in critical minerals will boost our chances of meeting global climate goals. That’s the view of the International […]

How we can secure minerals for a sustainable future

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Priya Agarwal Hebbar, Chairperson, Hindustan Zinc Ltd The unprecedented amounts of minerals required for green electrification and clean technologies necessitates the rapid scaling of mineral extraction. To sustainably deliver this solution, the mining process must be swiftly decarbonized. […]

How Japan solved its rare earth minerals dependency issue

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan All countries should develop measures to avoid over-dependency on rare earth minerals.Japanese dependency on rare earth minerals was exposed by a diplomatic incident in 2010 […]

Critical minerals demand has doubled in the past five years – here are some solutions to the supply crunch

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Emma Charlton, Writer, Forum Agenda Critical minerals like lithium, cobalt and nickel are vital building blocks for many green technologies.More investment in critical minerals will boost the chance of meeting global climate targets, the International Energy Agency says.A […]

EU moves forward with Critical Minerals Agreement negotiations with the US

Statement by the European Commission on the U.S. decision to impose travel restrictions on certain EU individuals

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has adopted its negotiating directives for a Critical Minerals Agreement (CMA) with the United States. The objective is to foster EU-US supply chains in critical raw materials needed in the production of electric vehicle batteries. In 2022 alone, the EU […]

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