In China’s Wake, India Tries a Cleaner, Fairer Mineral Path in Africa

In January, the Indian government published a new critical minerals strategy that details how the country aims to bolster supply chains necessary for its green energy transition. While the report underscores the importance of developing domestic supplies of lithium and other transition resources, it also calls for closer international partnerships, particularly with mineral-rich African nations.

India has deep ties in Africa, particularly in eastern and southern countries on the continent, but it is a newcomer to the critical resources sector that is largely dominated by Chinese and European companies.

Veda Vaidyanathan, an accomplished China-Africa scholar and an associate fellow at the Centre for Social and Economic Progress in New Delhi, joins Eric & Géraud to explain how India's approach to critical resource mining in Africa is going to look very different from what China is doing.

Show Notes:
Centre for Social and Economic Progress: India, Africa, and Critical Minerals: Towards a Green Energy Partnership by Veda Vaidyanathan (https://csep.org/working-paper/india-africa-and-critical-minerals-towards-a-green-energy-partnership/)
Reuters: India exploring critical minerals in Zambia, Congo and Australia, official says by Neha Arora (https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/india-exploring-critical-minerals-zambia-congo-australia-official-says-2025-02-27/)

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