COLLECTION /
RAW MATERIALS
The future unrefined
Is a just transition possible if it relies on mass extraction? Is it possible if it doesn’t?
What raw materials will define the new era?
- Introduction / The future unrefined
- Long read / Guinea, China, and the human cost of bauxite
- Analysis / Nationalisation and lithium in Chile
- Analysis / Central Asia’s minerals offer hope
- Opinion / Time for a World Climate Bank
- Opinion / Electric cars are drying up the desert
- Opinion / Deep sea mining is not worth the risk
- Opinion / Texas pollution shows the risk of legal loopholes
- Opinion / The EU must protect smallholder farms
- Opinion / The EU's raw materials act is self-contradictory
- Explainer / The EU Battery Regulation
Opinion / Car manufacturers must not repeat solar’s mistakes with China
Professor Kendyl SalcitoOpinion / Why Ecosystem Maintenance Energy matters for a world powered by renewables
Professor Patrick MoriartyRaw Data
Raw materials are a numbers game. Explore the charts from our articles by clicking below.