South Africa’s critical minerals endowment is becoming increasingly central to the clean energy transition around the globe. Platinum group metals (PGMs) — manganese and vanadium — are among resources that represent the building blocks in technologies driving this shift, including hydrogen fuel cells, energy storage technologies and future battery platforms. We persist in exporting these minerals in their raw form despite the increasing international demand...

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