Critical Raw Materials: A production and trade outlook
Background document to inform the Organisation of Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) Secretariat in developing its critical raw materials strategies.
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What Makes Minerals and Metals "Critical"?
Exploring how governments define what should be considered as "strategic" or "critical" based on a series of objective criteria.
Women and the Mine of the Future
Uncovering the gender-disaggregated employment profile for large-scale mining, focusing on women and their occupations in 12 countries.
Searching for Critical Minerals? How metals are produced and associated together
Outlining how metals are produced and are associated together in mineral deposits, focusing on critical minerals for the energy transition.
A Brief Guide to Batteries
An overview of battery technology and related minerals for policy-makers and researchers working on the energy transition.
Critical Minerals: A primer
A primer on critical minerals for policy-makers in resource-rich countries.
New Tech, New Deal: Mining policy options in the face of new technology
This report presents policy options to promote good governance as the mining sector increasingly adopts a range of new disruptive technologies.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Employment in Mining
Governments must act now to foster a resilient job market in the mining sector and protect their communities’ livelihoods.
IGF Case Study: Automation and Water-Saving Technologies
These case studies highlight the key emerging technologies that are being rolled out in the mining sector and their potential impacts on mining-rich countries. Case studies based on innovations in Australia, Mali and South Africa, focusing on two different types of technologies (namely automation and water-saving technologies) illustrate what the possible impacts could be and how governments are responding to those challenges.
New Tech, New Deal: Technology Impacts Review
This review surveys new mining technologies and their impacts, in particular on labour. It asks how they will affect the relationship between mining companies and their host communities and host countries.