Canada, Germany Ink Deal on Critical Minerals
August 26, 2025 Berlin, Germany Natural Resources Canada
The Department of Natural Resources (NRCan) of Canada and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) of Germany recognize the strategic importance of critical minerals to the economic and national security of our countries, including defense applications, the energy transition, clean technology manufacturing, and advanced manufacturing. We concur on the growing need for secure, diversified, and resilient critical mineral supply chains that reduce reliance on any single source and strengthen economic security.
We acknowledge the significance of critical minerals midstream technologies, including smelting, processing, refining, and recycling capacity to ensure secure and sustainable supply, and we share mutual interest in fostering innovation, rules-based trade, investment, and collaboration in the critical minerals space. Building on existing commitments under the Canada-Germany Energy Partnership, the Canada-Germany Hydrogen Alliance, the EU-Canada Strategic Partnership on Raw Materials, and the G7 Critical Minerals Action Plan objectives to strengthen sustainable supply chains, we have established the following common objectives.
Objectives
Areas of Cooperation
Governance, Implementation and Funding
NRCan and BMWE are the lead entities.
Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy will lead the work outlined in this JDI, and coordinate policies and investments to support these shared priorities.
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