UN scientists propose a 'global trust' to safeguard critical minerals as trade tensions mount

UN scientists propose a 'global trust' to safeguard critical minerals as trade tensions mount

Amid intensifying trade wars, geopolitical tensions, and surging demand for AI and clean energy technologies, United Nations scientists and global experts have unveiled a bold proposal for a "Global Minerals Trust"—a cooperative, multilateral governance mechanism to ensure fair, sustainable, and conflict-free access to critical minerals.

Ensuring the security of the clean energy transition: Examining the impact of geopolitical risk on the price of critical minerals

We use constant and time-varying parameter local projection (TVP-LP) regression models to examine the effect of geopolitical risk on prices of six cri…

Global Economy at risk from critical mineral supply concentration: Piyush Goyal

BRESICA : Commerce and Industry Minister Shri Piyush Goyal has cautioned that the world’s heavy reliance on a handful of countries for critical mineral supplies poses a significant threat to global economic development, calling for urgent diversification of supply chains. Speaking to reporters during his visit to Italy, Goyal emphasised the vulnerability created by the geographical concentration of both mineral extraction and processing capabili…