In this episode, Professor Susan Parks sits down with geographer Dr Lian Sinclair to understand how critical minerals impact the communities and environments they interact with along their global production networks. They’ll discuss the geo-economic politics, power struggles and conflicts that are arising within these supply chains and the impacts at the local scale where the mines are located.
The episode will explore how Australia is positioning itself as a critical minerals powerhouse with state investment in refinement infrastructure and they’ll question why governance standards are failing to reduce social and environmental impacts of critical minerals extraction.
Learn more about the Unearthing Critical Minerals podcast series and read the show notes here.
Credits:
Featuring: Professor Susan Park, Dr. Lian Sinclair
Produced by: Genevieve Wright
Edited by: Celine Huynh
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