Tag: Critical Minerals

Critical Minerals in an Age of Geopolitical Rivalry: Stockpiling, Refining Constraints, and the Limits of Friend-Shoring (Oxford Review of Economic Policy)

NEW PUBLICATION: Geopolitical tensions between the United States and China pose significant risks to global criticalmineral supply chains, particularly because refining capacity for most critical minerals, including aluminium,…

Critical Minerals in an Age of Geopolitical Rivalry: Stockpiling, Refining Constraints, and the Limits of Friend-Shoring

NEW WORKING PAPER: Geopolitical tensions between the United States and China pose significant risks to global criticalmineral supply chains, particularly because refining capacity for most critical minerals, including…

climaTRACES Lab Research Seminar

Truly honored to present our research on Ensuring the security of the clean energy transition: Examining the impact of geopolitical risk on the price of critical minerals, written…

Tin is enjoying a boom

Allow me to share this piece by The Economist about Tin, a critical mineral that is enjoying a boom: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2025/04/03/tin-an-overlooked-critical-metal-is-enjoying-a-boom They also underline that Tin has a small…

A visual guide to critical materials and rare earths

Allow me to share this very nice visual guide to critical materials and rare earths made by The Economist: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2025/03/24/a-visual-guide-to-critical-materials-and-rare-earths They did a fantastic job and provide the…

BOFIT Research Seminar

Truly honored to present our Monash Discussion Paper, written with Russell Smyth and Joaquin Vespignani, at the BOFIT (Bank of Finland) research seminar on Tuesday 29 April 2025, during my…

Critical Minerals Data Explorer

In a recent publication in Energy Economics, we found that geopolitical risk will drive up the price of several critical minerals, especially during episodes of heightened geopolitical tensions.…