Critical minerals
As demand for transition-critical minerals grows, the International Growth Centre (IGC) works with governments to turn rising demand into shared prosperity – supporting cleaner mining, resilient supply chains, and industrial policy for local value addition. Our research highlights the need for sustainable, diversified mineral sources essential for the green transition.
Blogs
IGC's critical mineral experts contribute to thought pieces.
Can Zambia harness critical minerals for broad-based development?
Blog
How Africa can make the most of critical minerals
Blog
The critical minerals opportunity
Blog
West Africa’s artisanal gold mining sector: An overlooked driver of development?
Blog
Climate priorities in developing countries
Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it
Blog
Five things to know about critical minerals ↗
Blog
Critical minerals strategy
Read our critical minerals policy note
Publications
Below is a snapshot of IGC's recent publications on critical minerals.
Positioning Zambia for a copper-plus future
Synthesis paper
Entering the mining value chain: A firm survey from the Copperbelt, Zambia
Policy brief
Decontaminating networks: Mercury supply, financial flows, and informal gold mining in West Africa
Policy brief
Transition-critical minerals
Policy note
Critical minerals in sustainable urbanisation
Projects
Highlighting IGC's projects in critical minerals.
Zambia Evidence Lab Mining and Infrastructure Map
Project
Measuring the distribution and multipliers of local procurement in the mining industry in Zambia
Project
Transition from galamsey to community gold mining: Unravelling the conditions for sustainable rural development in Ghana
Project
Measuring and mitigating exposure to toxic metals in copper mining areas in Zambia
Project
The impact of a documentary screening intervention: Experimental evidence from artisanal gold mining in Ghana
Project
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