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  • China Leads the Race to the Bottom: Deep Sea Mining for Critical Minerals

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    China Environment Forum  //  August 17, 2023  //  By Yiming Zhong
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    In December 2022, at the Nansha District port in the Pearl River Delta, the China State Shipbuilding Corporation unveiled China’s first oceanographic drilling ship—capable of mining 10,000 meters deep. This launch showcased China’s rapid advances as a major player in the global race to extract critical minerals at the bottom of the ocean.

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  • China’s Critical Mineral Model in Latin America

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    Guest Contributor  //  July 24, 2023  //  By Gregory Wischer & Juan Pablo Villasmil
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    The great power competition underway between the United States and China has a ripple effect in each nation’s neighborhood. As the United States prepares for possible conflict seven thousand miles away in the Taiwan Strait, China is expanding its economic influence in Latin America.

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  • Examining China’s Impact on Mining in Africa: Critiques and Credible Responses

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    From the Wilson Center  //  July 18, 2023  //  By Lauren Herzer Risi & Claire Doyle
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    The increased demand for minerals driven by the renewable energy transition has put China’s involvement in mining activities in Africa in the spotlight. But understanding the challenges posed by this activity means we need to situate it within broader contexts.

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  • John Podesta on the Inflation Reduction Act and a New American Industrial Strategy

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    New Security Broadcast  //  June 16, 2023  //  By Wilson Center Staff

    Thumbnail Podcast ImagesThrough the Inflation Reduction Act, the Biden administration has launched a new industrial strategy. Today’s episode of New Security Broadcast highlights a fireside chat at a Wilson Center event between John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation, and Duncan Wood, Wilson Center Vice President for Strategy and New Initiatives. Podesta and Wood explore the opportunities provided by the Inflation Reduction Act for the U.S. and its allies.

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  • Building Peace by Formalizing Gold Mining in the Central Sahel

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    Guest Contributor  //  May 23, 2023  //  By Jorden de Haan & Aly Diarra
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    The Central Sahel is increasingly deemed the new epicenter of terrorism, accounting for 35 percent of global terrorism deaths in 2021. Yet as the situation in the region continues to deteriorate, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) both persists and proliferates. For instance, in Mali, where much of the region’s security crisis originates, this conundrum is laid bare.

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  • Critical Mineral Recycling: What Does It Offer?

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    Guest Contributor  //  May 15, 2023  //  By Angus Soderberg
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    The technology that is an essential part of clean energy and the future economy relies heavily on critical minerals. Electric vehicles (EVs), computers, wind turbines, and even defense technology require large mineral inputs, raising concerns over the stability of supply chains and the ability to meet growing demand. An IEA report published in 2021 predicts that demand for critical minerals will escalate over the next two decades, with increases of “40 percent for copper and rare earth elements, 60 to 70 percent for nickel and cobalt, and almost 90 percent for lithium.”

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  • Russia’s War in Ukraine: Green Policies in a New Energy Geopolitics

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    Guest Contributor  //  May 8, 2023  //  By Morgan Bazilian & Andreas Goldthau
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    Russia’s brutal aggression has wreaked devastation in Ukraine for more than a year. It has also forced a fundamental rethink of geopolitics. Central to that new thinking is the role of energy security and how to manage the insecurities created by the lopsided dependencies exposed by the conflict.

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  • Militaries, Metals, and Mining

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    Guest Contributor  //  April 17, 2023  //  By Fabian Villalobos & Morgan Bazilian
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    In the early 1960s, Soviet fulfillment officers at the Berezniki and Zaporozh’ye ilmenite mines must have noticed an uptick in worldwide demand for titanium. Orders for titanium sponge were increasing around the globe, and the Soviet Union reacted by increasing production rapidly.

    Yet some of these deliveries resulting from this boost in production were not reaching their intended customers. In fact, some of their customers didn’t even exist. Little did the Soviet producers know that it was actually the CIA on the receiving end of these shipments.

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