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World Bank's Banga sets goal of quintupling critical minerals financing in five years

Global Published 16 October 2026, 08:04 · archived 16 Oct 2026

BANGKOK: World Bank President Ajay Banga on Friday said the development lender has set a goal of quintupling its critical minerals business ​in five years, and has identified 20 countries that it ‌can partner with on critical minerals development projects. Banga revealed the new goal in prepared remarks to a plenary session at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank ​annual meetings in Bangkok. “In critical minerals, we plan to quintuple our ​business in five years,” Banga said. “This week, we launched our ⁠first country compacts with MDB partners—to build local industries and keep ​mor...

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