Germany Launches Raw Materials Fund to Strengthen Supply Chains

  • €1 billion earmarked for investments in critical minerals
  • Government trying to diversify suppliers away from China

The Reichstag in Berlin.

Photographer: Barbara Sax/AFP/Getty Images

The German government is launching a €1 billion ($1.1 billion) fund for investment in raw materials as it seeks to limit dependency on producers such as China for critical minerals.

“Good news — the raw materials fund is coming,” Franziska Brantner, a deputy economy minister, said Wednesday in a post on X.