Written question asked by Alun Cairns (Conservative) on Thursday, 18 May 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 May 2023. It was answered by Nusrat Ghani (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 May 2023 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.

Metals: Brazil

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department is taking steps to help protect the supply of silicon metal from Brazil to the UK.

Answer

The Government's Critical Minerals Strategy and Critical Minerals Refresh, published in March this year, set out steps to improve the supply chain resilience of critical minerals in the UK. We are collaborating with our international partners to create a resilient and diverse global critical minerals supply chain, including for silicon metal which was one of the cohort of minerals identified by the British Geological Survey last year as having high criticality for the UK.

The UK recognises Brazil as a key player in critical minerals, producing 11% of the world’s silicon metal and 84% of the world’s niobium.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 185783
Session: 2022-23
Subjects: Metals Brazil Silicon Supply chains
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Metals: Brazil

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