A world dosed on metals
summary
The talk explains that modern smartphones contain about 50–60 different metals and that due to material-intensity (an ecological backpack of ~1200:1), the production of phones creates massive raw-material demand that will outstrip historical use between 2020–2050. It covers limits of recycling and substitution for integrated components, highlights cobalt supply concentration in the DRC and opaque supply chains linked to conflict, and describes concrete responses such as supplier due diligence, purchasing stakes in mines, data-driven sourcing, cash transfers and cobalt alliances that produce measurable local improvements.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:51Indium and connected lives
- 11:41Extractivism realities
- 16:37Business challenges and solutions
- 26:00Mining is here to stay
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