The War Below: Humanizing All Sides of the Mi...

Rory Johnston, host of ClearComm's Oil Ground Up podcast, joins the show to analyze the "broken and volatile" state of global oil markets following the catastrophic disruption of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Johnston details how the acute loss of 20% of global oil supply ...  Show more

Energy and metals markets opened the week in violent fashion as the Middle East conflict escalated over the weekend. NGEx Minerals says its exploration adit for the company’s Lunahuasi Project has been approved by the San Juan Province in Argentina. We have drill results to repor ...  Show more

Can the minerals needed to decarbonise the global economy be dug up fast enough? And can it be done without the human rights and environmental abuses of the past?Tamasin Ford speaks to KC Michaels of the International Energy Agency says there will need to be a staggering increase ...  Show more

Ernest Scheyder is an author and senior correspondent for Reuters. His new book, The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives, looks at the impact of the green transition in the US – and, more particularly, the tensions over the increasing need to mine ...  Show more

We look at growing opposition to mining in Latin America. The region is a leading producer of copper, silver, iron and lithium. But the environmental and social impact of mining have sparked protests in many countries and several governments have taken action. Costa Rica outlawed ...  Show more

Ivana Davidovic investigates urban mining - the process of reclaiming raw materials from spent products, buildings and waste. She looks at what new technologies are helping us to recycle waste and the benefits that could bring. In Antwerp, Belgium, she visits Umicore, once a trad ...  Show more