“Stop dawdling: Central Asia’s critical minerals revolution is here” (Amir Abidov, RM#11)

Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are ready to do critical raw materials business with the EU — but not forever. In Raw Matters Podcast Episode #11, Amir Abidov (UzTMK) joins hosts Peter Tom Jones and Julia Poliscanova to lay out Central Asia's resource potential, its push beyond raw exports into midstream and downstream cleantech, and what it expects from Europe: technology transfer, expertise, and offtake. The message is blunt — Europe must move fast or miss the bus.