Namibia: Sustainable Mining Important for Future Growth in Namibia

Global forecasts indicate that the demand for minerals will grow exponentially with minerals such as graphite, lithium, copper, and cobalt, which could increase by 500% by 2050, to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies and to maintain global warming by 2100 to below 2 °C.

The World Bank Group has estimated that this increased demand for minerals will necessitate a global mining investment of $1,7 trillion. Attracting a portion of this investment to low- and middle-income nations…