Geopolitics of Critical Minerals and Global Trade

The Iran conflict has disrupted critical mineral supply chains at exactly the moment when diversifying them had become urgent. Transit bottlenecks triggered by the crisis have driven up costs, disrupting industrial capacity-building efforts, and forcing governments to rethink fiscal priorities. In this online panel discussion titled ‘The Hormuz Disruption : How the Iran War is Reconfiguring Critical Mineral Value-Chains’, academics and practitioners from three different geographies examine the conflict's impact on de-risking efforts, identify emerging chokepoints, and consider what recalibration looks like for countries trying to build industrial capacity in a fragile supply chain landscape. #CriticalMinerals #SupplyChain #StraitofHormuz #EnergyTransition #Geopolitics #CleanEnergy