AFRICA

Europe's mineral strategy will fail without African industrial growth

ECFR: The lack of a real commitment to value addition puts Europe mineral targets at risk

African countries want to retain value at home, but CRMA targets seek to bring processing to Europe.

African countries want to retain value at home, but CRMA targets seek to bring processing to Europe | Credits: Anastasiia Guseva via Shutterstock

Europe's critical minerals push will stall unless Brussels realigns its partnership with African producers around genuine local value addition, a new policy brief from the European Council on Foreign Relations...

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