Is corruption and slavery the cost of a mobile phone?
Guinean bauxite is the source of aluminium in everything from our office buildings to our cars - but the bauxite supply chain is a black box of human rights issues.
Central Asia’s minerals offer hope for the clean energy transition
Roman Vakulchuk of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs discusses his research into untapped minerals in Central Asia that could be used for the global clean energy transition.
Mining boom in the Philippines threatens environmental defenders
BY
Hanna Hindström and Ana Celestial
Since 2010 the country has lost forest cover three times the size of New York City in mining zones for critical minerals, stripping away the country’s resilience to climate-related catastrophes, including typhoons and floods.
Opinion
Green extractivism mirrors the fossil fuel era, and the Global South suffers
BY
Leandro Vergara-Camus
The geopolitics of mining must change with decarbonisation, or less will improve than many realise, says Dr Leandro Vergara-Camus
Opinion
Is artisanal mining really worse than industrial mining?
BY
Sarah Katz-Lavigne
Artisanal mining has been demonised by big industry, and oversimplified in the press - in reality miners, large corporations, and government are all intertwined in the DRC, says Dr. Sarah Katz-Lavigne in an interview with Lauren Sneade.
Opinion
Contradictions abound in the EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act
BY
Edward Robinson
Europe's demand for lithium is set to soar to 60 times current levels, with cobalt and graphite 15 times higher. But how will proposals for new EU mining and refining interact with the EU's role as a champion of biodiversity and development?
Opinion
Experts agree – deep sea mining is not worth the risk
BY
Jessica Battle
Deep sea mining could trigger a multitude of environmental, climatic, and social justice issues - there are better means of sourcing minerals, says Jessica Battle, who leads WWF’s 'No Deep Seabed Mining Initiative'.
Podcasts
Markets, Mining
Is the race for minerals unnecessary?
Alasdair interviews Thea Riofrancos about her new book "Extraction: The Frontiers of New Green Capitalism".
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