According to a study by the Brookings Institution, in 2023, China was producing about 60% of the world’s rare earth elements. During the Covid pandemic, we witnessed the problems with relying on one single territory for supply and as the green transition spurs on, the need for them is only increasing. In this episode of The Big Question, we learn how a strategic tie-up with Kazakhstan could be the key to Europe’s green transition. Kanat Sharlapaev, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Industry and Construction, tells Hannah Brown more. What is ‘friendshoring’?When Europe began moving its industry away fro…