We spoke with Mary Peneexungi Barton, Senior Mining Specialist, based in a Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, recent addition to the World Bank Group’s Minerals and Metals Global Team. She reflects on her early impressions of the work, what energizes her as she steps into the role, and where she sees the greatest opportunities ahead for the World Bank Group’s Minerals and Metals agenda.
In Lilongwe this November, we spoke with Firas Raad, World Bank Group Country Manager for Malawi, about the country’s growing momentum in the mining sector. In this conversation, Firas discusses how Malawi can sustain that momentum, the practical steps needed to turn potential into tangible results, and how the sector can become a national priority that delivers benefits for all Malawians. He also reflects on how the World Bank Group is supporting Malawi’s mining sector and what comes next.
We spoke with Charles Douglas-Hamilton, Senior Mining Specialist, based in Lusaka, Zambia who recently joined the World Bank Group’s Minerals and Metals Global Team. He shares his first impressions of the work and what excites him most as he steps into the role, and looks ahead to where he sees the biggest opportunities for the World Bank Group’s Minerals and Metals agenda.
In this short video, she shares a trade perspective on the biggest challenge to securing resilient critical minerals value chains, and what it will take to strengthen cooperation, reduce vulnerabilities, and support sustainable growth in a rapidly evolving global market.
He shares how Canada is benefiting from the RISE program and his view on the World Bank Group’s role in the critical minerals space going forward.
He discusses European Investment Bank's role in critical minerals and opportunities for closer collaboration to scale impact.
He shares how Centro de Estudios del Cobre y la Minería is engaging in critical minerals and where closer collaboration with the World Bank Group could increase impact.
In this short video, Sven Renner shares key takeaways from the OECD–World Bank Group Conference on Critical Minerals in Paris, highlighting supply chain risks, growing complexity, and opportunities for developing countries through initiatives like the World Bank’s RISE program.