A Rock and A Hard Place
Welcome to A Rock and A Hard Place, a podcast brought to you by Mineral Choices. In each episode, Dr Saleem Ali and Thomas Hale speak to experts about the integral but too often hidden role of minerals in our modern world. From complex communications infrastructure to next-generation clean energy solutions, minerals are the key to unlocking a brighter and sustainable future. However, supplying enough minerals to meet the world’s ever-increasing demand is a significant challenge. Stuck with a choice between accelerating conventional mining activities and finding new alternative mineral resources, what is the global solution to this global problem?
A Rock and A Hard Place
Anna Poberezhna Part 1
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In part 1 of this episode, our host Thomas Hale speaks to Anna Poberezhna, founder and CEO of Smart4Tech, about the challenges of sustainable mining and the nexus of minerals, water, and food. Anna discusses how companies can develop a cross-sector expertise to drive the innovation and courage needed to tackle new and existing challenges in the extractive sector.
Anna is Ukrainian and during this episode she makes reference to the events of 2014. It should be noted that this episode was recorded before the recent invasion of Ukraine.
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