Critical Minerals for a Just Clean Energy Transition in Asia Pacific

There is growing recognition that the mining sector, if well-managed, can play a positive role in promoting sustainable development and structural economic transformation. The success of the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources will heavily depend on the availability and accessibility of critical energy transition minerals. Given the amounts required and expected pace of extraction and processing, these minerals are of particular importance to sustainability transitions and to relations between nations.

Demand for secure supply of critical minerals is also driving research and development investment in such circular strategies and providing aid to build recovery and recycling facilities to drive commercialization.