
India in final stages of formulating processing value chain for critical minerals: Mines Secretary

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India is at the final stages of formulating a scheme to develop a processing value chain in the country, and two critical minerals have been identified at the initiation for the same, Piyush Goyal, Secretary at the Ministry of Mines informed Friday.
Though not naming the two critical minerals, since the policy is awaiting government approval, he mentioned the policy would provide resilience the electric vehicle battery chain.
Published – April 11, 2026 06:04 am IST



