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Security of supply

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Mototolo Underground Training Centre - December 2011. Los Bronces - Juan Pablo Rodriguez overlooking the open pit. © Anglo American
Tungsten - Hemerdon mine, Hemerdon, Devon - Tungsten West. © Clive Mitchell BGS / UKRI

Critical Metals Handbook

BGS book on critical metals in collaboration with Wiley and the American Geophysical Union.

Precious Metals Refinery - PMR - A 5kg 99.99% pure Platinum ingot in the forge area of the Precious Metals Refinery in Rustenburg. A new red hot ingot is being removed from the furnace in the background - 14 October 2010. © Anglo American / VisualMedia.

Critical raw materials

Critical raw materials are those at risk of supply disruption and which are of economic importance to the country or entity posing the question.

Mogalakwena - Risk Officer Randall Groenewald looks out over the drilling section of the Mogalakwena Platinum Mine in South Africa - 18 October 2010. © Anglo American

Raw materials for a low-carbon future

Minerals and metals perform a myriad of functions, including enabling the technologies needed to decarbonise the global economy such as low-carbon energy generation and zero-emission transport.