Government launches Critical Minerals Strategy to protect 'backbone of modern life'

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Sweeping new strategy aims to tackle overreliance on imports of critical minerals for clean technologies by ramping up domestic production and boosting recycling rates

The government has launched a new Critical Minerals Strategy, which sets out ambitions to reduce the country's reliance on imported minerals by scaling up domestic mining, refining, and recycling capacity....

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