Geoffrey R. Pyatt, the Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources has said that Nigeria’s interest in processing its mineral resources is strongly welcome by the United States government.
He said this during an interview with Nairametrics on June 19.
According to him, the US government is not a country looking to just extract resources and export workers, the country wants Nigeria to be successful. He also highlighted the fact that the United States is strongly committed to the principle that critical mineral resources need to be produced in a way that has high ESG adherence and offers huge benefits to the countries that possess those mineral resources.
This is because countries that possess mineral resources need to be involved in the whole value chain instead of being paid some money and the minerals are extracted and they are not involved in the processing.
He said:
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development under the Buhari administration, Olamilekan Adegbite pushed for Nigeria to be involved in the processing of minerals that are often exported to countries like China. This move is necessary because the Nigerian people are shortchanged meanwhile, rich countries take away the raw minerals, process them and create employment for their citizens before selling finished products to manufacturers of electric vehicles and other products that Nigerians still have to buy.
During the interview with Nairametrics, Pyatt said that Nigeria’s interest in creating and sustaining a minerals processing value chain in the country is strongly welcome. He pointed out that the United States has an initiative launched with 12 countries in the European Union called the Mineral Security Partnership which composes of countries that are mineral off-takers, who are committed to creating an alternative business model.
He also highlighted the need for recycling because the world is going to need battery minerals so there is a need to figure out a way to recycle and reuse.
Culled from Nairametrics.
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