Mining’s focus switching to critical minerals, with ESG pressures increasing

The need to transform the global energy system and to cut carbon emissions, to counter the danger of climate change, is shifting the mining spotlight away from traditional high-value resources, such as gold and diamonds, to what are now being called “critical transition minerals”. So stressed global management consultancy Kearney partner Prashaen Reddy, highlighting important themes at last week’s Investing in African Mining Indaba 2024 conference, held in Cape Town. “These critical transition ...