When ‘critical’ minerals aren’t critical: Interview with Cleodie Rickard

Mongabay
Nov 13, 2025, 3:13 am111 ptsTrending
For Cleodie Rickard, the policy and campaigns manager at Global Justice Now, the term “critical” minerals, commonly used to describe the metals vital for the green energy transition, can be misleading. A new Global Justice Now report, authored by Rickard, reveals that nearly one in five minerals labeled…

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