To support the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2025 vision, the ASEAN Minerals Cooperation Action Plan 2016-2025 (AMCAP-III) was formulated in two phases, namely, Phase 1 from 2016 to 2020 and Phase 2 from 2021 to 2025.  The AMCAP-III will continue to underscore the important supporting role of the minerals sector in the AEC in stimulating and enhancing business and trade integration in ASEAN Member States. Within the context of a renewed thrust for cooperation under the AEC, the ASEAN Senior Officials on Minerals together with its Working Groups will strive to implement strategic policies, measures and initiatives to create a vibrant and competitive ASEAN minerals sector for the well-being of ASEAN peoples. The AMCAP-III Phase 2: 2021-2025, adopted by the 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (AMMin) on 8 October 2021, seeks to advance this mission to create an advanced and progressive ASEAN minerals sector for ASEAN socio-economic prosperity and environmental well-being through enhancing trade and investment and strengthening cooperation and capacity building for sustainable mineral development in the region.