Critical Mineral Investment Drops 9% in 2025

In 2025, the world spent less money on important minerals like lithium and nickel, even though these minerals are very important for things like electric cars and clean energy.

The spending on these minerals went down by 9%, which is a big change after several years of growth.

This happened because there were more problems in the world, like countries not getting along and prices changing a lot, which made people nervous about investing.

Some minerals, like copper, still got more money because people think they will be important in the future.

But other minerals, like lithium and nickel, saw a big drop in investment.

Governments tried to help by giving money to these projects, but there is still a lot more that needs to be done to make sure we have enough of these important minerals in the future.