Mineral Supply Risk

The increased extraction and processing of metals to meet growing demand comes at a cost to the environment and to society. The viability of terrestrial resources, the extent to which we can efficiently use existing mineral resources, and the development potential for new frontier sources of minerals are all key to assessing supply resilience.

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Mineral Supply Risk

US Geological Survey Releases 2022 List of Critical Minerals

Which mineral supply chains will be most under threat in the near future?

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Demand Drivers

Cobalt and Nickel for a Battery-Powered Future

Why won't current mining practices be enough to meet our green energy needs?

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Mineral Supply Risk

The Sheila Khama Extractives Podcast

16th Jul 2021

A fascinating series on artisanal small scale mining, featuring guests from a broad range of relevant fields

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Circular Economy

Comparing the costs and benefits of virgin and urban mining

Urban mining through a circular economy has emerged as a promising option for securing copper and aluminum resources.

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Mineral Supply Risk

SCMP: China-backed projects in Africa targeted by environmental groups

A recent article in the South China Morning Post highlights how environmental groups have started targeting some Chinese-backed projects in Africa in a [...]

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Mineral Supply Risk

The New Yorker: The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush

In an extensive and troubling read, The New Yorker has explored in detail the ‘dark side’ of the Congo’s cobalt rush, which has [...]

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Mineral Supply Risk

IGF Guidance for Governments: Environmental Management and Mining Governance

The key issues, benchmarks, and standards in four main areas of environmental management in mining

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Climate Change

Mining Our Green Future

The green energy revolution is heavily reliant on raw materials, such as cobalt and lithium, which are currently mainly sourced by mining. We [...]

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Mineral Supply Risk

Digital mining in the age of social awareness

Exploring the mining industry's new normal

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Mineral Supply Risk

The U.S. is worried about its critical minerals supply chains – essential for electric vehicles, wind power and the nation’s defense

By Jordy Lee, Payne Institute Program Manager, Colorado School of Mines and Morgan Bazilian, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Payne Institute, Colorado [...]

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Demand Drivers

As cobalt demand booms, companies must do more to protect Congolese miners

By Dorothee Baumann-Pauly, Adjunct Professor and Director of the Geneva Center for Business and Human Rights, Université de Genève and Serra Cremer Iyi, [...]

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Climate Change

Millions of electric cars will need charging in the future – but how?

By Miguel Valdez, Lecturer in Technology and Innovation Management, The Open University; Matthew Cook, Professor of Innovation, The Open University, and Stephen Potter, [...]

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Climate Change

Biden plans to fight climate change in a way no U.S President has done before

By Bill Ritter Jr., Director, Center for the New Energy Economy, Colorado State University

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Mineral Supply Risk

Manganese Mining in Gabon

By Dr Apoli Bertrand Kameni

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Mineral Supply Risk

Repurposing mine tailings using microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation

19th Feb 2021

A talk on Wednesday 24 February 2021 with Dr Dyllon Randall on manufacturing bio-bricks and bio-tiles from copper mine tailings.

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Mineral Supply Risk

The Economics Of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review

Sir Partha Dasgupta, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, has published a landmark new report, first commissioned by the UK [...]

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Demand Drivers

State of Batteries Report 2020

The State of Batteries Report 2020 summarises the most significant developments in the battery industry over the last year.

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Climate Change

How do we source the metals we need from the planet we love?

The USGS determines the minerals critical to the US economy and national security according to the Energy Act of 2020. This legislation requires [...]

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Climate Change

Implications of the global energy transition on Russia

An analysis of the geopolitical implications of the global energy transition on one of the world’s leading energy-producing countries.

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Mineral Supply Risk

The University Of Queensland – Sustainable Minerals Institute

The Sustainable Minerals Institute is the world's leading research institute dedicated to finding knowledge-based solutions to the sustainability challenges of the minerals industry. [...]

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Mineral Supply Risk

Conversations about mining and society – the mine life cycle

Dr Anthony Hodge unpacks some of the key challenges facing the mining industry. Here he talks about sustainability, the metals supply conundrum, and [...]

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Mineral Supply Risk

Women in the jewellery supply chain in Madagascar

For the past 3 years, Lynda Lawson, a research associate in this gemstone knowledge hub, has been documenting and analyzing the lives of [...]

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Meeting of mines

To conclude the year, the Mineralogical Association of South Africa is hosting a virtual presentation at 13.00 on 3 December 2020, titled “Meeting [...]

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Mineral Supply Risk

United Nations conference on trade and development: commodities at a glance

Rather than merely serving economic means, an enhanced and broader understanding of commodities will be essential to combat climate change.

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