India, July 2 -- India should prioritise recycling e-waste, battery waste and mine tailings to quickly secure critical minerals, said NITI Aayog's Anupam Lahiri.

He argued mining alone cannot meet near-term needs, urging a viable recycling ecosystem, incentives and technology scale-up.

A new technical committee is studying recovery from tailings and industrial waste across major public and private firms.

India should prioritise recycling of e-waste, battery waste and mine tailings to strengthen its critical minerals supply chain while domestic mining capacity develops, a representative of the central government think tank NITI Aayog said at the 15th India Minerals & Metals Forum organised by the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) in New ...