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Geopolitical Monitor: "Protests Shutter Mozambique’s Balama Graphite Mine"

 

"Protests Shutter Mozambique’s Balama Graphite Mine"

Wilder Alejandro Sanchez

Geopolitical Monitor

Situation Reports

30 December, 2024

Published: https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/protests-shutter-mozambiques-balama-graphite-mine/

Critical minerals and rare earth elements are commodities whose value continues to increase, given their importance to the global economy and new technologies. The problem is that many critical minerals are located in areas of the world that are either difficult to access or are unrest prone. The latter is the case of the Balama graphite mine in Mozambique, which recently shut down operations amid ongoing protests in the African nation.

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