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UK Critical Minerals Strategy

This is the UK바카라 사이트™s first-ever critical minerals strategy that aims to improve the security of supply of critical minerals.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Modern society relies on critical minerals 바카라 사이트“ from phones to wind turbines, from cars to fighter jets. A new cohort of critical minerals are becoming even more important as we seek to bolster our energy security and domestic industrial resilience 바카라 사이트“ in light of Russia바카라 사이트™s illegal invasion of Ukraine 바카라 사이트“ and as we move away from volatile, expensive fossil fuels.

바카라 사이트˜Resilience for the future: the UK바카라 사이트™s critical minerals strategy바카라 사이트™ sets out the government바카라 사이트™s plans for improving the resilience of critical minerals supply chains and increasing our security of supply.

Through this strategy, the UK will:

  • accelerate growth of the UK바카라 사이트™s domestic capabilities
  • collaborate with international partners
  • enhance international markets to make them more responsive, transparent and responsible

Since publishing the strategy in July 2022, government has been engaging with industry and international partners to deliver on the stated ambitions.

In March 2023, government published the 바카라 사이트˜Critical minerals refresh: delivering resilience in a changing global environment바카라 사이트™ in light of a changing global landscape and the sharpening of geopolitical competition and to highlight its progress and upcoming delivery milestones.

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Published 22 July 2022
Last updated 13 March 2023 show all updates
  1. Critical Minerals Refresh: Delivering Resilience in a Changing Global Environment published.

  2. First published.

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