China has “weaponised” the supply of critical minerals needed for green energy by restricting access “for political leverage”, a group of MPs has warned.
Britain’s net zero drive has been left dangerously exposed to a reliance on Beijing for supplies of crucial materials, Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee warned.
In a report, the group of MPs urged the Government to come up with a credible plan to secure vital supplies of rare earth minerals.
Alicia Kearns, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said: “For three decades we have been asleep at the wheel, repeatedly failing to recognise the importance of critical minerals and the dangers of our current reliance on autocratic countries.
“It is particularly clear that we need to confront the weakness created by our dependency on a single state: China.
China has access to many of the world’s rare earth minerals, which are used to make magnets for motors and wind turbines, while the country also dominates the lithium refining industry. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/…/china-weaponised…/
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