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In this second article on the carbon footprint of lithium hard rock mining, we reflect on a financial logic that transcends volatile ESG and Carbon Credit mechanisms. We question how to effectively adapt to carbon emissions from lithium mine life cycles using market logic.
This first of two articles questions the value of solely focusing on mitigation as opposed to attending to adaptation. It takes the first steps,exploring how to revise the now well-worn narrative of the harmful effect of hard rock lithium mining.
This piece revisits how social "risk" associated with lithium exploration and mining is studied, analyzed, and narrated. It asks how to move beyond tidy and unsurprising descriptions to capture the dynamic and fuzzy nature of the social factors that impact lithium mining. We also think about how to quantify uncertainty.
Lithium supply chains are often framed in quantifiable terms with social dimensions latched on as an afterthought. Yet, accounting for the social and integrating it into supply chain models in meaningful and dynamic ways is a crucial component for so-called "resilient" critical raw material supply chains.
In this piece, we explore the (geo)economic calculus of developing geological knowledge for lithium production in an African context. Zimbabwe's offers a poignant case in point.
How will increasing African presence in space transform the management of lithium and other critical raw materials?
We glimpse into a future where geoeconomics transforms the global order. Critical Raw Material supply chains already hint at what that world will look like.
What AI means for lithium supply chains - and particularly for upstream, developing country producers.
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