US EditionSouth Africa urges African collective action on critical minerals
5 Articles
5 Articles
South Africa urges African collective action on critical minerals
The NewsAfrican countries should coordinate mining policies to avoid the continent becoming trapped in a cycle of low-value extraction, South Africa’s mining minister said.Gwede Mantashe, speaking at a mining event on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Johannesburg, said regional governments and African institutions should work together on exploration, pricing, and processing, rather than each state negotiating alone with multinational companies…
The African continent has about 30% of the world's critical mineral reserves, according to several estimates. In the European Union too, the region is of strategic importance for the supply of raw materials essential to the energy transition.
India Pushes for Critical Minerals Circularity and Collective Action on Climate at G20
The G20 Leader’s Declaration put emphasis on multilateral cooperation amid geopolitical and economic divide Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed for the creation of the Critical Minerals Circularity Initiative which will foster recycling, urban mining, second-life battery projects, and related innovations at the two-day G20 Leader’s Declaration event. India also called for greater collective action on the climate agenda to strengthen global food …
Mauritania's Minister of Minerals and Industry, Thiam Tijani, said that Africa has one quarter of the world's mineral wealth, but that its access to these resources is only 10% globally, pointing out that most of the minerals extracted are being processed abroad. This came during a ministerial panel discussion in Morocco today, organized on the margins of the second edition of the Moroccan mining conference.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 100% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
