1、Making Critical Minerals Bankable:Policy Tools to Unlock InvestmentW H I T E P A P E RM A Y 2 0 2 6Images:Getty ImagesDisclaimer This document is published by the World Economic Forum as a contribution to a project,insight area or interaction.The findings,interpretations and conclusions expressed he
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4、luding photocopying and recording or by any information storage and retrieval system.ContentsForeword 3Executive summary 51 Introduction 61.1 The critical minerals investment gap 61.2 Why“one-size-fits-all”fails 92 Policy toolkit:six categories of policy intervention 10 Policy instrument 1:Upfront c
5、apital support 10 Policy instrument 2:Offtake and demand anchors 11 Policy instrument 3:Revenue stabilization and price certainty 12 Policy instrument 4:Risk mitigation 12 Policy instrument 5:Structural enablers 13 Policy instrument 6:Tax and royalty mechanisms 133 Matching policy interventions to m
6、ineral markets 153.1 Mature market(e.g.copper)163.2 Emerging market(e.g.lithium)193.3 Highly concentrated market(e.g.rare earth elements)203.4 Opaque market(e.g.graphite)213.5 Niche market(e.g.by-product and co-product critical minerals)224 Matching policy interventions to jurisdictions 244.1 Low-ri