Beyond ‘Critical’ Minerals, Don’t Forget Gold’s Role as a Driver of Economic Growth — and Conflict

Jan 9, 2025 | Brad Brooks-Rubin
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In 2025, consumers and global policy analysts could be forgiven for thinking that all that glitters is…cobalt or lithium. With the intense focus of governments, the private sector, and civil society on the competition for critical minerals that are vital for new technology, it has been easy to forget the role and impact of minerals that do not make the “critical” list. This is, of course, understandable given the rapid development of digital tech as well as the urgency of the climate crisis and the role that minerals on the critical list play in the technologies needed to mitigate it.