How to widen access to the critical minerals that the world needs

Rabah AREZKI
Director of Research in Economics at CERDI–CNRS,
Co-President of the FERDI chair in Strategic Resource Governance: Macroeconomics and Geopolitics
Grégoire ROTA-GRAZIOSI
Professor of Economics, School of Economics – CERDI – Université Clermont Auvergne
Head of FERDI’s Strategic Resource Governance (Macroeconomics and Geopolitics) Chair .
Co-President of the FERDI chair in Strategic Resource Governance: Macroeconomics and Geopolitics
Head of training programmes, Institute for Advanced Studies in Sustainable Development (IHEDD–FERDI)
Co-editor of the Revue Economique du Développement

CategoryPublished papers
Published on07 July 2026
PublishersNature

A patent pool and licensing architecture would enable more widespread use of key minerals than would decades of mining and refining investment alone.

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Arezki R., Rota-Graziosi G. (2026) "How to widen access to the critical minerals that the world needs", Nature, 7 July.

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Energy Transition and Digital Transformation

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Chair in Strategic Resource Governance: Macroeconomics and Geopolitics

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