Critical minerals: The hidden resources powering the clean energy future

Every electric vehicle, wind turbine, solar panel, smart phone; they all depend on minerals extracted from the earth.

As countries accelerate the transition to clean (non-fossil fuel) energy, demand for minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, copper and graphite is rising rapidly.

For many countries, this presents an unprecedented economic opportunity.

But in some places, competition over these resources has fuelled conflict, corruption, environmental damage and human rights abuses.

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