Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has announced an initial US$180 million investment in TechMet, reflecting QIA’s commitment to secure the supply of responsibly sourced critical minerals.
TechMet is an investment company focused on building businesses across the critical minerals value chain, from extraction and processing to refining and recycling.This investment aligns with QIA’s ambition to invest in a broad range of areas in the industrials sectors such as critical minerals, which are required to advance the clean energy transition and to help address the growing demand in the global market for sustainable energy solutions. Through this investment, QIA is supporting TechMet’s mission to build projects across critical minerals supply chains.Funds will be used to develop both TechMet’s existing assets and to continue to build its portfolio with strategic projects that scale production and refining of its target critical minerals, which include lithium, nickel, cobalt, and rare earths.The announcement sees TechMet meet its US$300 million fundraising target, adding to a follow-on investment from S2G Ventures, bringing their total commitment to US$50 milion; and an additional $50 million from the DFC. The latest DFC commitment takes the US Government agency’s total investment in TechMet to $105 million, following an initial investment in 2020. Now valued at well over US$1 billion, TechMet is one of the largest private investors in critical minerals supply chains.TechMet Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Brian Menell, said: “QIA’s investment further highlights TechMet’s position as a leading global critical minerals investment company. A major sovereign investor coming in alongside the US Government accelerates our ability to scale and expand the portfolio and build significant value across critical minerals supply chains. We also look forward to working closely with QIA on additional future opportunities.”
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