Consultation on draft critical minerals list for New Zealand
The draft list has been developed by Wood Mackenzie as part of the country's draft Minerals Strategy.
A critical mineral is defined as a mineral that is:
- essential to New Zealand’s economy, national security and technology needs, including renewable energy technologies and components to support the transition to a low-emissions future
- in demand by New Zealand’s international partners
The draft list identifies 35 minerals that are essential to New Zealand’s economic functions, are in demand by international partners, and face high risks to supply domestically and internationally.
Once finalised, the critical minerals list will contribute to New Zealand’s work on critical international supply chains and allow the government to investigate specific actions for securing better access to the minerals deemed critical.
This could include strategic pathways for development of specific minerals.
A summary of the proposed draft critical minerals list is available.
