Investment, Resilience and Inclusive Growth: Future-Proofing Critical Minerals Value Chains

This session will explore ways to unlock the investment conditions needed to build more resilient and diversified supply chains, and spotlight how low- and middle-income mining countries can move beyond extraction to capture greater local value from their mineral production. This includes scaling up domestic mineral processing capabilities, manufacturing intermediate and end-use products, and promoting circular economy strategies through mineral recycling. The discussion will focus on the economics and investment potential of mineral processing and delve into financing models for securing minerals and processed products on the global market.

Based on research developed by the OECD, this session will explore the role blended finance can play to help incentivise investments into critical minerals extraction and processing in emerging markets and developing countries by addressing profitability and risk concerns of market operators, including the impact of non-market policies and practices. The session will also cover the increasing role ECAs are required to play in support of the security of supply imperative and how OECD standards on responsible supply chains of minerals can help companies de-risk their investments.