A Brief Guide to Batteries
An overview of battery technology and related minerals for policy-makers and researchers working on the energy transition.
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Critical Minerals: A primer
A primer on critical minerals for policy-makers in resource-rich countries.
New Tech, New Deal: Mining policy options in the face of new technology
This report presents policy options to promote good governance as the mining sector increasingly adopts a range of new disruptive technologies.
The Impact of COVID-19 on Employment in Mining
Governments must act now to foster a resilient job market in the mining sector and protect their communities’ livelihoods.
IGF Case Study: Automation and Water-Saving Technologies
These case studies highlight the key emerging technologies that are being rolled out in the mining sector and their potential impacts on mining-rich countries. Case studies based on innovations in Australia, Mali and South Africa, focusing on two different types of technologies (namely automation and water-saving technologies) illustrate what the possible impacts could be and how governments are responding to those challenges.
New Tech, New Deal: Technology Impacts Review
This review surveys new mining technologies and their impacts, in particular on labour. It asks how they will affect the relationship between mining companies and their host communities and host countries.
Local Content Policies in the Mining Sector: Scaling up local procurement
This paper focuses on local procurement policies designed to boost the number of goods and services purchased by mining operations from local stakeholders.
Designing Local Content Policies in Mineral-Rich Countries
The paper, focused on designing local content policies in mineral-rich countries, is part of a set of expert documents to substantiate the IGF Guidance for Governments on local content policies, released in July 2018.
IGF Guidance for Governments: Local content policies
This new IGF guidance document aims to help resource-rich countries find more sustainable and inclusive economic solutions, fostering stronger linkages between mineral resources and the rest of the economy.