PUBLICATIONS

Featured Paper

Critical minerals – trade, climate, and net zero pathways: scenarios and implications for developing countries and climate-resilient development

By Peter Wooders and Simon Lobach, published as TESS Briefing Note by the Forum on Trade, Environment, & the SDGs (TESS) and Geneva Platform for Resilient Value Chains

BhA Scientific Paper

Can we do it? Thoughts on Europe’s future demand for critical mineral raw materials

By Frank Melcher and Frederik Dunkel, published in BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte

Briefing Paper 4/2025

Critical raw materials: seven key questions on mining for the energy transition

By Marlene Auer, Simon P. J. Batterbury, Ellen Marie Jensen, Matthias Kowasch, Frank Melcher, Gertrude Saxinger, Emma Wilson, and the participants of the Workshop ‘Beyond Hot Air – Conversations around critical raw materials supply for the ‘green’ transition’, 2024

BhA Scientific Paper

Not in my backyard? Prospects, problems and perceptions of lithium extraction in Austria

By Matthias Kowasch, Simon P. J. Batterbury, Christoph Baumann, Frank Melcher, Gertrude Saxinger & Emma Wilson, published in Energy, Sustainability and Society

Featured Paper

Estimation of the quantity of metals to phase
out fossil fuels in a full system replacement,
compared to mineral resources

By Simon P. Michaux, originally published by the Geological Survey of Finland, Bulletin

Featured Paper

What do the EU’s new rules on corporate due diligence mean for Sámi rights and mining in Sweden?

By Carlo Mazzoleni and Rasmus Kløcker Larsen, originally published by SEI – Stockholm Environment Institute

Featured Paper

In search of critical raw materials: What will the EU Critical Raw Materials Act achieve? An analysis of legal and factual implications of the CRMA

By Bernhard Tröster, Karin Küblböck and Simela Papatheophilou, originally published by ÖFSE – Austrian Foundation for Development Research

Briefing Paper 3/2024

Fluctuations du marché du nickel et impacts locaux en Nouvelle-Calédonie-Kanaky

By Jean-Louis Thydjepache, Matthias Kowasch, Simon P.J. Batterbury

Briefing Paper 2/2024

Nickel market fluctuations and local impacts in New Caledonia-Kanaky

By Jean-Louis Thydjepache, Matthias Kowasch, Simon P.J. Batterbury

BhA Scientific Paper

Clean and future-oriented: Local perceptions of lithium extraction in Bolivia during the presidency of Evo Morales

By Claudia Carpanese, Gertrude Saxinger & Emma Wilson, published in The Extractive Industries and Society

BhA Workshop Report

Beyond Hot Air: Conversations around critical raw materials supply for the ‘green’ transition, Vienna 15^th-17^th May 2024

By Emma Wilson, Marlene Auer, Simon P.J. Batterbury, Ellen Marie Jensen, Matthias Kowasch, Pamela Lesser, Frank Melcher, Gertrude Saxinger (Beyond Hot Air team)

Briefing Paper 1/2024

Types and quantities of Critical Raw Materials needed to meet growing demands in the European Union and worldwide

By Frank Melcher, Department of Applied Geosciences and Geophysics, Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

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‘Beyond Hot Air. Conversations around critical raw materials supply for the ‘green’ transition’ is a sub-project to the ‘MinErAL – Knowledge Network on Mining Encounters and Indigenous Sustainable Livelihoods’ funded by SSHRC – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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