Mentions:
1: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) We have known about its presence since the 1850s; I have seen mining maps from the 1850s that point to - Speech Link
2: Cherilyn Mackrory (Con - Truro and Falmouth) Friend outlined, mining has always been closely interwoven with Cornish communities. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Steve Double (Con - St Austell and Newquay) : lithium extraction. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Hooper (Con - Life peer) to the New World in the first place, there have been added rich deposits of oil and gas, of copper, lithium - Speech Link
2: Lord Brennan (Non-affiliated - Life peer) minerals of lithium and nickel in the southern Andes. - Speech Link
3: Lord Mountevans (XB - Excepted Hereditary) region in the utilisation of non-carbon energy.With more than half of the world’s known reserves of lithium - Speech Link
4: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) triangle countries—Argentina, Chile and Bolivia—which together own almost 60% of the world’s lithium - Speech Link
Found: Supply of lithium and other critical minerals
May. 13 2024
Source Page: Net zero technologies: environment impact summariesFound: Metal mining (e.g., lithium, cadmium and nickel) involves high water demand, land degradation and can
Written Evidence Mar. 05 2024
Inquiry: Industrial policyFound: The third largest lithium producer is China.
Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the deposits of lithium in Wales and Scotland; and whether they will ensure that all such is conveyed to the respective devolved authorities.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Lainston - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Critical Minerals Strategy committed to collate UK geoscientific data and identify areas of geological potential for critical mineral extraction. The Department for Business and Trade commissioned the British Geological Survey to undertake the study, “Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK”, delivered by the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC) and was published in 2023. It is a preliminary assessment of geological factors only, and its findings do not mean prospective areas identified will necessarily be targeted for exploration and mining. Mineral planning policy is also a devolved matter.
Areas of potential geological prospectivity for critical minerals were identified in both Scotland and Wales. Regarding the geological prospectivity for lithium, the report identified two areas in Scotland and no areas in Wales.
Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of deposits of lithium in Wales and Scotland, and what discussions they have had with the respective devolved administrations to ensure they are aware of such information.
Answered by Lord Johnson of Lainston - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Critical Minerals Strategy committed to collate UK geoscientific data and identify areas of geological potential for critical mineral extraction. The Department for Business and Trade commissioned the British Geological Survey to undertake the study, “Potential for Critical Raw Material Prospectivity in the UK”, delivered by the Critical Minerals Intelligence Centre (CMIC) and was published in 2023. It is a preliminary assessment of geological factors only, and its findings do not mean prospective areas identified will necessarily be targeted for exploration and mining. Mineral planning policy is also a devolved matter.
Areas of potential geological prospectivity for critical minerals were identified in both Scotland and Wales. Regarding the geological prospectivity for lithium, the report identified two areas in Scotland and no areas in Wales.
Mentions:
1: Lord St John of Bletso (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Mnangagwa’s repressive regime and left a vacuum for the Chinese and the Russians, who are occupied in mining - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) Zimbabwe is the biggest provider of lithium, along with the DRC. - Speech Link
Jan. 17 2024
Source Page: UK takes action to boost supply chain resilience for critical goods and back businessesFound: Sean Sargent, Green Lithium Chief Executive said: Green Lithium is pleased to support the new Critical