Released on Friday 22 July the UK’s new Critical Minerals Strategy (CMS) lays out a broad outline and direction of government priorities. International comparators for strategies tend come from mining-heavy countries, like Canada and South Africa, but the UK is in a unique position with minerals necessary for powering green technology and achieving net zero. However, domestic extractive activities fall short of producing the quantities necessary. In a turbulent international climate, the CMS presents several opportunities for UK businesses to be a part of the solution.
Planning reforms
The current planning system runs through several different departments and is a time intensive and expensive process. The CMS commits to delivering improvements across the planning system, including safeguarding of future resources, exploration, development, refining, processing, and associated infrastructure. Importantly, it commits to doing so in collaboration with devolved administrations and local authorities. These reforms have been much called for by CBI members and pro
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