Christopher Vandome leads the Chatham House Critical Minerals Initiative. He is a senior research fellow with both the Global Economy and Finance Programme and the...
Tag: Policy
Harikrishnan Tulsidas – 2025 – Waste into resources: North–South alliances for the closed-loop mining revolution
Abstract:Mountains of tailings, slags, and spent batteries already dwarf the metal content of many untapped ore bodies—yet most mining strategies still treat them as liabilities....
Joel Gill – 2025 – Effective Collaborations in Policy Engagement
Bio Joel Gill is Lecturer in Sustainable Geoscience at Cardiff University, and the Co-CEO (Research and Impact) of the registered charity, Geology for Global Development...
Kartik Akileswaran – 2024 – Learning to harness resource wealth for real value addition
Bio Currently based in India, Kartik has 14 years of experience as a policy advisor and researcher on inclusive growth. He is the co-founder of...
Emily Iona Stewart – 2024 – Becoming first choice; How the EU will need to offer true value addition to partners to meet aims on diversifying mineral streams
Abstract Becoming first choice; How the EU will need to offer true value addition to partners to meet aims on diversifying mineral streams. The CRMA...
Kyle Pearce – 2024 – Critical Choices and the Power to Transform Relationships
Abstract One of the emerging changes to the way mining happens in Canada is the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples...
Jeff Townsend – 2024 – Building Strategic Value
Bio Jeff is an experienced public affairs and campaign strategist with experience working in the highest levels of business and politics. He brings skills in...
Kirsty Benham – 2024 – UK Regulation/ Policy & De-Risking a Circular Economy of Critical Minerals
Abstract In addition to mining, the UK needs to ensure its preparedness for a circular economy of products containing critical minerals, and develop processes for...
Murray Hitzman – 2024 – Critical Choices: Research and Future Workforce
Bio Murray W. Hitzman is Director of iCRAG, the SFI Centre for Research in Applied Geosciences, and a Science Foundation Ireland Research Professor. Murray has...
Diego Francesco Marin – 2024 – Tackling the problem at the source: Towards an EU Sustainable Resource Management Law
Abstract There is an urgent need for sustainable resource management to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution – including...