Mining

Identifying ‘critical minerals’ Minerals, or more broadly, raw materials, might be described as ‘critical’ if they are considered to have... Read more

This paper empirically estimates the material demand requirements for so-called ‘transition-critical materials’ (TCMs) implied under two climate scenarios and finds potentially serious supply ‘bottlenecks’ for three materials – copper, lithium and nickel – which are exacerbated if the transition is delayed. Read more

Daniel Litvin argues that environmental activists need to ramp up engagement and collaboration with the mining industry if the energy transition is to be secured and highlights five points to encourage a constructive conversation. Read more

In investigating how national development policy might have negative effects on human health through altering local ecology, this paper assesses how a policy change in the Philippines that favoured the gold mining sector has impacted on cases of malaria. Read more

Executives of resource companies can learn from the missteps of others on the increasingly career-defining challenge of resource nationalism, writes Daniel Litvin. Read more

This paper examines the impact of electoral cycles and the introduction of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) policy... Read more