Lithium extraction in Bolivia poses more than environmental questions: It illustrates how notions about ‘raw materials’ can be at odds with Indigenous relations with the land.
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For relations with the DRC to truly improve, the Belgian state must acknowledge its historical responsibility more strongly.
The Ghanaian currency is facing structural hurdles.
Europe imports the majority of its lithium, an essential material for the energy transition, yet is home to significant deposits.
Europe recycles 70% of its steel, but much is exported, turning what should be a circular process into a linear one. Instead, materials need to be circularity-ready the moment they’re manufactured.
African economies could benefit more from backward linkages to the mining industry than from beneficiation.
Trump’s plan to slap $200 billion more in tariffs on Chinese goods is premised on yesterday’s waste-fueled economy. Tomorrow’s economy is ‘circular.’
Richer countries import products but not the emissions used to make them.
On March 1, Donald Trump imposed a series of steel and aluminum tariffs. To understand their potential impact, it’s instructive to look at what happened after George W. Bush enacted similar measures in 2002.
With an ever-increasing cost to extract dwindling raw materials, it’s time to look at cities as urban mines. We’re developing the tools to do that.
The continent needs investment – and China has long been providing it.
There will be huge environmental impact if we keep using raw materials as we did in the 20th century.
New lithium stores in Cornwall could give the UK a valuable domestic supply of the expensive commodity.
The world’s landfills are growing, which has prompted the search for new industrial processes that can use everyday waste items in some surprising ways.
Britain lucked out with its coal deposits – but other nations have developed without coal.
Researchers calculate whether we’re using less materials, or whether we’re just shipping it in from abroad.
Zambia’s drive to build its industrial capabilities has made steady progress. But it runs up against the history of economies that are dominated by mineral resources and landlocked countries.
We are now looking forward to a low-carbon society where fossil fuels are at least partially replaced with renewable sources of energy such as solar, wind, geo-thermal and tidal. Fossil fuels are a finite…
Developed countries are using raw materials to sustain their economies at a much higher rate than that being captured in…
When the large resource houses seek to invest in capital-intensive and costly minerals projects, what goes through their mind? If the so-called resources boom is over, why are companies still investing…
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