Cornish Metals: Finance

(asked on 29th August 2025) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the press release entitled Chancellor pledges to unlock growth in Cornwall, published on 29 July 2025, whether the £28.6 million investment into Cornish Metals by the National Wealth Fund had previously been committed to by the UK Infrastructure Bank before 4 July 2024.


Answered by
James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This question was answered on 8th September 2025

The commitment to invest £28.6 million into Cornish Metals was made by the National Wealth Fund and announced on 28th January 2025. The investment is separate to the £24 million equity investment into Cornish Lithium announced on 23rd August 2023 by the UKIB

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