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Country / jurisdiction: United Kingdom · Year: 2025 · Status: In force · Level: National · Type: Voluntary
United Kingdom released its Critical Minerals Strategy in November 2025, revising the 2022 critical minerals list. The complete list of critical minerals, sourced from the Critical Mineral Intelligence Centre’s 2024 Criticality Assessment, is as follows:
Aluminium*
Antimony
Bismuth
Borates*
Cobalt
Gallium
Germanium*
Hafnium*
Helium*
Indium
Iridium*
Iron*
Lithium
Magnesite*
Magnesium
Manganese*
Natural Graphite*
Nickel*
Niobium
Phosphorus*
Platinum
Rare Earth Elements (Rees)
Rhenium*
Rhodium*
Ruthenium*
Silicon
Sodium*
Tantalum
Tellurium
Tin
Titanium*
Tungsten
Vanadium
Zinc*
*2025 additions
Official source: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-critical-minerals-strategy/critical-minerals-technical-annex
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