China's clean energy demands fuel Zimbabwe's charge up the mining value chain

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% :Lithium - known as "white gold" - is an essential raw material for the lithium-ion rechargeable batteries that power electric vehicles and in solar panels that store solar energy.
63% : As nations seek to cut their carbon footprints, demand has surged for clean energy, fuelling the global competition to secure critical minerals for climate-friendly power sources like batteries.
54% : Observers said the new plants would help the country move up the mining value chain by processing - as well as mining - the metal while employing thousands of workers.

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