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?

Host

Thomas Hale

Thomas Hale is a graduate student exploring the mineral-security nexus through both the University of Delaware's Minerals, Materials and Society programme and George Washington University’s Security Policy Studies programme.