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The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’ : Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our lives

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The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 ‘TODAY’ : Lithium, copper, and the global battle to power our livesAuthor: Scheyder, Ernest Geopolitics Published on 20 February 2025 by Bonnier Books Ltd in the United Kingdom. Paperback 384 pages 130 x 213 x 37 270g A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARAN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION, AND FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe trillion dollar battle for the resources to power our future. Oil and gas defined the twentieth century. Now lithium, copper,

Author: Scheyder, Ernest

Geopolitics

Published on 20 February 2025 by Bonnier Books Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 384 pages
130 x 213 x 37 | 270g

A FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARAN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION, AND FT BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDThe trillion-dollar battle for the resources to power our future. Oil and gas defined the twentieth century. Now lithium, copper, cobalt, rare earths and nickel will define the twenty-first.

The world is moving towards replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy. But building electric vehicles, solar panels, and millions of other devices requires digging more mines. Critical minerals are vital to many sustainable technologies, and the competition for them is intensifying.

Nations aspiring to energy independence are ever more intertwined: a hedge fund manager's attempt to revive rare earths mining in California needs Chinese expertise, and global reliance on Africa's mining sector persists despite child labour concerns. Meanwhile, ecological dilemmas abound: a proposed lithium mine in Nevada may help car manufacturers slash their dependence on fossil fuels, but developing the mine may cause the extinction of a flower found nowhere else on the planet.

As investors attempt to predict how resource extraction's geopolitics will unfold, this is a story of industry giants, researchers, and policymakers at the forefront of the new energy wars.

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