The BMZ is organising a High-Level Forum on “Mineral Supply Chains – Responsible Mining for the Just Transition” on Thursday, 1 June 2023 at the BMZ in Berlin. The event addresses the geopolitical, social, environmental and governance dimensions of mineral supply chains and highlights the commitment of German Development Cooperation to responsible mining worldwide.

The Sector Programme “Extractives and Development” of the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR (External link)) invites the gold industry, civil society, academia and development cooperation to a workshop on the topic of “Illicit Gold Flows” as part of the event series “Responsible Gold”. The workshop takes place on May 9, 2023 from 1-4 pm in German.

Global climate protection is linked to a transition from fossil fuels to renewable energies, which means coal mines will eventually be closed. Our new factsheet provides information about typical environmental risks and governance challenges of coal mine closure from a development perspective. It also addresses the question of how to support their minimization.

The Sector Project “Extractives and Development” at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) together with the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) is organizing a side event at the Africa Mining Indaba trade fair on the topic of local value creation within the global energy transition. The event will take place on February 7, 2023 from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. in the conference room of the Southern Sun Hotel in Cape Town.

On November 24, GIZ sector programme Extractives for Development (X4D) together with the China Chamber of Commerce of Metals, Minerals & Chemicals Importers & Exporters (CCCMC) and the Sino-German Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), organised a webinar on development cooperation perspectives regarding sustainability due diligence in mineral supply chains.

The study “China's role in supplying critical minerals for the global energy transition: what could the future hold?” by the Brookings Institute and Results for Development was presented and discussed at an event hosted by the GIZ Sector Programme Extractives and Development on November 2, 2022.