The government has launched its refreshed UK Critical Minerals Strategy during a ministerial visit to the University of Exeter, Cornwall and its world-renowned Camborne School of Mines (CSM).
Chris McDonald MP, Minister for Industry in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and the Department for Business and Trade, unveiled the strategy during a breakfast speech on the Penryn campus.
Leading members of CSM, including Frances Wall, Professor of Applied Mineralogy, have contributed to the strategy. During the tour, the Minister was shown some of the state-of-the-art equipment in the Critical Minerals Equipment Hub (CMEH), which opened in February, this year, with more than £3.5m in government funding.