Delighted to announce the publication of my new co-authored book, "๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ: ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ" (๐๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด), written with Prof. Raphael J. Heffron and Dr Victoria R Nalule, MCIArb R. Nalule.
The global race for critical minerals is reshaping economies, supply chains and geopolitics. Yet too often, the debate overlooks a fundamental question: who benefits, and on what terms?
This book examines mining justice through a problem-driven political economy lens, bringing together law, economics and social analysis to interrogate the interests shaping how critical minerals are governed and exploited.
Across six short chapters, we cover:
- The slow evolution of the global mining sector and why change is now urgent
- Justice pathways in extractives and critical minerals
- The economics of the global mining industry
- The geopolitics of Africa's critical minerals industry
- Ensuring sustainability in mining for the energy transition
- The case for a Global Critical Minerals Treaty
For policymakers, investors, researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of energy transition, resource governance and development, we hope this book offers both a rigorous analytical framework and practical pathways for minerals governance reform.
The eBook is available now, with the hardcover to follow in September:
link.springer.com/book/10.10โฆ
Sincere thanks to my co-authors and to everyone who supported this project along the way, including helpful research support from Isaac Owusu Asare and Godfred Ennin,CE.
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