Dagli smartphone ai frigoriferi: il Regno Unito vuole porre fine all’eccessiva dipendenza dalle importazioni di minerali essenziali

Government launches strategy to end overreliance on foreign imports of critical minerals

Some key commitments in the Critical Minerals Strategy include:

* 10% of UK’s mineral needs produced domestically and 20% through recycling by 2035. 
* At least 50,000 tonnes of lithium to be produced in the UK by 2035.
* £50 million fund to back UK businesses by boosting critical minerals projects and turbocharging domestic production and processing, helping UK move ahead in the global race. 
* No more than 60% of the UK’s supply of any one critical mineral is imported from any one country by 2035.   

The strategy will also see the Government work with the sector to harness the UK’s world leading capability with Europe’s largest lithium deposit in Cornwall, one of the largest sources of tungsten globally, one of the largest nickel refineries in Europe in Clydach, Swansea and the only Western source of rare earth alloys used in the magnets found in wind turbines and F-35 fighter jets, amongst others. 

The full Critical Minerals Strategy can be found [here.](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-critical-minerals-strategy/vision-2035-critical-minerals-strategy)

This strategy is on top of existing measures the Government has taken to boost the critical minerals sector such as:

* Over £165 million already committed to backing critical mineral businesses through the National Wealth Fund and UK Export Finance

* Cutting businesses’ industrial electricity costs through the government’s British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme (BICS)

* Permitting innovative projects in domestic production and recycling through the Environment Agency’s priority tracked service

Man, what are these news, good things and sensible policies keep coming and coming, I thought we were all doomed