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Survey: Financing mining for transition minerals in South Africa: Are banks doing enough on human rights?
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South Africa is home to significant deposits of some of the world’s most strategic minerals, including lithium, zinc and manganese, which are essential for the global transition to renewable energy. It is also the world’s largest producer of manganese and has some of the biggest reserves of this mineral, which is critical for the manufacturing of steel required for wind and solar equipment, as well as in batteries.
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre asked 15 banks (five local, 10 international) linked to the financing of transition minerals extraction in South Africa to respond to questions about their human rights due diligence. All the banks' responses and non-responses can be found below.
Financing mining for transition minerals in South Africa: Are banks doing enough on human rights?’
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