Resources

Resources provided here have been identified from external sources. These resources, while not exhaustive, seek to provide insight into emerging policy, research and analysis on green minerals, with a focus on Africa.

GREEN MINERALS STRATEGIES SELECTED RESEARCH REPORTS SELECTED INITIATIVES

Green minerals strategies

Group of 7 | 17 Jun 2025

G7 Critical Minerals Action Plan

We, the Leaders of the G7, recognize that critical minerals are the building blocks of digital and energy secure economies of the future. We remain committed to transparency, diversification, security, sustainable mining practices, trustworthiness and reliability as essential principles for resilient critical minerals supply chains, and acknowledge the importance of traceability, trade, and decent work in contributing to our economic prosperity and that of our partners.

Group of 7 | 17 Jun 2025

G7 Critical Minerals Action Plan

Department of Mineral Resources (South Africa) | 30 May 2025

Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy South Africa

African Union | 18 Mar 2025

African Green Minerals Strategy

Ministry of Mines and Mineral Development (Zambia) | 31 Dec 2024

Zambian Critical Mineral Strategy (2024-2028)

Selected research reports

European Parliament | 10 Jul 2025

Traceability of Critical Minerals with a Focus on Africa: Technical and Logistical Considerations

European Parliament | 10 Jul 2025

Traceability of Critical Minerals with a Focus on Africa: Technical and Logistical Considerations

International Institute for Environment and Development | 30 Jun 2025

The Lobito Corridor: Opportunities and Challenges for a Just Transition

Africa Europe Foundation | 3 Jun 2025

Revamping Cooperation on Transition Minerals: A Strategic Agenda for the Africa-Europe Partnership

The Nordic Africa Institute | 21 May 2025

Local Inclusion and Regulatory Control Key to Sustainable Mining: Lessons Learnt From China's Scramble for Zimbabwe's Lithium Reserves

Selected initiatives

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Council for Critical Minerals Development in the Global South

The organisation is a collaborative association between Sustainable Energy For All (SEforAll), the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), and Swaniti Global with the aim of establishing a platform that encourages international and South-South cooperation on the development of critical minerals in the Global South to ensure an equitable energy transition. This platform supports collaboration among nations in developing industries that further industrialisation and socioeconomic development goals.

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AfricaMaVal

AfricaMaVal is a 42-month project gathering 18 partners from 11 countries. It is coordinated by BRGM, the French Geological Survey. The consortium gathers African and European experienced organisations, associations, and networks deeply anchored and involved in the raw material domain with specific expertise, and knowledge.

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Trade in Critical Minerals Database

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the WTO Secretariat have jointly launched a database on trade in critical minerals to enhance transparency regarding these minerals and to support the clean energy transition. The database provides information on trade flows, allows visualisations of trade networks and specialisation patterns and compiles data on tariffs and other trade policies for 250 critical minerals and related products across value chains.

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Transition Minerals Tracker

Designed by the Business and Human Rights Resource Centre, this tracker seeks to improve the human rights practices of companies and their mining operations producing the minerals vital to the renewable energy and electric vehicle sectors. It does this by shedding light on the key human rights risks in the geographies where they operate, and the human rights policies and practices of the most important companies in this sub-sector.

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United Nations Secretary General's Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals

To build trust between governments, local communities and industry and address issues relating to equity, transparency, investment, sustainability and human rights, the Secretary General launched the Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals. The panel brought together governments, intergovernmental and international organisations, industry and civil society, to develop a set of common and voluntary principles to build trust, guide the transition and accelerate the race to renewables.

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ResourceTrade.Earth

ResourcTrade.Earth has been developed by Chatham House to enable users to explore the fast-evolving dynamics of international trade in natural resources, the sustainability implications of such trade, and the related interdependencies that emerge between importing and exporting countries and regions. The trade data on this site are from the Chatham House Resource Trade Database (CHRTD). The CHRTD is a repository of bilateral trade in natural resources between more than 200 countries and territories.

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Critical Minerals Policy Tracker

The IEA’s new Critical Minerals Policy Tracker presents nearly 200 policies and regulations from 25 countries and regions worldwide. These policies address many different goals, including ensuring supply reliability and resilience, promoting exploration, production and innovation and encouraging sustainable and responsible practices.

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Resilient Inclusive Supply Chain Enhancement Partnership (RISE)

The RISE Partnership is a global initiative that provides knowledge, technical assistance, and finance facilitation to (i) create an enabling business climate generating new opportunities for developing inclusive supply chains of clean energy products in targeted low- and middle-income countries, bringing value addition and benefits of diversified economies; and (ii) support global decarbonization efforts through more diversified and inclusive supply chains of clean energy products for the global economy.

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Mineral Security Partnership

The MSP is a collaboration of 13 countries and the EU to catalyze public and private investment in responsible critical minerals supply chains globally. MSP partners include Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union (represented by the European Commission).

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OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas

The OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas provides step-by-step management recommendations endorsed by governments for global responsible supply chains of all minerals, in order for companies to respect human rights and avoid contributing to conflict through their mineral or metal purchasing decisions and practices. The Due Diligence Guidance for minerals may be used by any company potentially sourcing any minerals or metals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas, and is intended to cultivate transparent, conflict-free supply chains and sustainable corporate engagement in the minerals sector.

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Production, Ownership, and Social Unrest Mapping Tool

Global Witness has produced an interactive tool on production, ownership and social unrest in the critical minerals sector. The tool shows how much production is set to increase, the nationalities of mining companies, the locations of active mines, and events of political violence or protest taking place in the major mining jurisdictions across four key critical minerals.

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Resource Contracts

Resource Contracts is a repository of publicly available oil, gas, and mining contracts in machine-readable, searchable, open-data format. Contracts are tagged to highlight each contract's key financial, social, environmental, operational and legal terms. Some contracts include plain language summaries of these key clauses to facilitate understanding of the terms. Resource Contracts promotes greater of investments in the extractive industries, and facilitates a better understanding of the contracts that govern them. The repository is managed by the Natural Resource Governance Institute.

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Pamoja Critical Minerals Alliance

The Pamoja Critical Minerals Alliance (PCMA) is a membership-driven initiative led by the Southern Africa Resource Watch (SARW) for various organisations and communities that are interested in tracking the implications of increased extraction of critical minerals and other value-addition activities impacting communities and nature. Through mobilisation and the promotion of African communities and organisations, the PMCA aims to prevent a Green Curse from materialising across the continent.

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Mapping Africa's Green Mineral Partnerships

This interactive map and its accompanying report illustrate bilateral and multilateral agreements made with African countries regarding access to their green or critical minerals. These minerals, essential for the energy transition, have become a key focus of geopolitical strategies worldwide in recent years. APRI conducted an extensive online search using multiple search engines and databases. The search encompassed G20 and BRICS+ member states, as well as states with significant mining sectors, such as Chile, Cuba and Venezuela.