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UAE Weighs Critical Minerals Strategy and Climate Trade-Offs

Original: Mapping Critical Minerals in the UAE: Strategic Demand, Supply Gaps and Climate Trade-Offs

A new analysis examines the United Arab Emirates' push into critical minerals, mapping its strategic demand, gaps in supply chains, and the climate trade-offs involved in mineral extraction and processing. The piece highlights how the Gulf state's economic diversification ambitions intersect with global competition for materials essential to clean energy technologies, and questions whether supply shortfalls can be closed sustainably.

Why now: Critical minerals are central to energy transition debates and Gulf diversification plans, making the UAE's position newly relevant.

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