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Message: [QUOTE="Nehanda, post: 25668, member: 2262"] Zimbabwe has many special rocks and minerals that the world needs. These minerals can help make clean energy, such as solar and wind power. A group called the Southern Africa Resource Watch wants Zimbabwe to examine its minerals carefully. The world wants to use less coal and oil because they pollute the air. Instead, people want to use clean energy from the sun and wind. Zimbabwe can help because it has many of the special minerals needed to make this clean energy work. Zimbabwe has minerals like lithium, platinum, and other rare metals. These minerals help make special batteries and machines. The country needs to keep checking what minerals it has. This will help them make good choices about using these minerals. Some companies from China came to Zimbabwe to dig for these special minerals. They bought mines to find lithium, which helps make batteries for electric cars. Zimbabwe wants to sell a lot of lithium to the world. It has one of the biggest lithium mines in Africa. Zimbabwe also has other important minerals. It has platinum, which cars need. The country wants to start mining copper again because many people need copper for making things. A special mine called Trojan Mine digs up nickel, another important mineral. Some minerals called rare earth elements exist in places like Binga and Rushinga. Companies from Australia and Britain want to dig for these minerals because they help make solar panels and wind turbines work better. Zimbabwe needs better plans to use these minerals wisely. Other countries like Australia and Canada already have good plans. If Zimbabwe makes better plans, it can help the world make more clean energy and make money for its people. [/QUOTE]

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