Tax Considerations for Critical Minerals Value Addition – Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) (2025). Draft for Public Consultation. International Institute for Sustainable Development.
This report examines the opportunities and challenges facing resource-rich developing countries seeking to develop downstream processing and manufacturing in the mining value chain.
Global Critical Minerals Outlook 2025 – International Energy Agency (IEA) (2025)
This report assesses the latest market and investment trends, along with their implications for critical minerals security. It also explores key techno-economic issues such as policy mechanisms to support diversification; mineral supply chains; innovations in mining, refining, and recycling; and views on strategic minerals for applications beyond the energy sector.
Leading Economies’ Industrial Policies Risk Reinforcing Inequities in Mineral Value Chains – Natural Resource Governance Institute (2025). NRGI Policy Briefing.
This report finds that critical mineral-producing countries need strategic, economically grounded value-addition plans and stronger international partnerships to access financing, technology, and markets to build sustainable mineral value chains.