Gavin and BCSECM Attend All-Party Parliamentary Group on Critical Materials

Gavin and colleagues from the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials at the University of Birmingham attended a meeting of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Critical Materials on 11 December 2024. Friends and collaborators from the UK critical materials community also took part.

The meeting heard presentations on the UK's evolving prioritisation of, and strategy for, critical materials, and gave the Centre the opportunity to continue its dialogue with policy makers. Gavin observed that activity and expertise are clustered in particular places.

In his view, the West Midlands Combined Authority offers significant opportunity, with a notable geographical concentration of knowledge, skills and industrial capability in mid-stream processing and the circular economy. He looks forward to seeing how the region works with national government to unlock that opportunity.