UK 'dangerously' reliant on China for critical minerals, parliamentary committee finds
Business select committee calls for centralised strategy and a new finance facility as demand for lithium is forecast to rise 45-fold by 2030
Britain is "dangerously" exposed to China for the critical minerals its defence, renewable energy and artificial intelligence programmes depend on, a parliamentary investigation has found, and its MPs have called for an urgent centralised policy and a new "critical minerals finance facility" to fund mines and diversify supply.