to save our environment. i will be discussing all of that with these two, the boss of the world s biggest metals trading exchange and the head of the mining investment firm specialising in the minerals to power our future. specialising in the minerals to power ourfuture. plus specialising in the minerals to power our future. plus closing the sustainability gap in electronic waste. i talked to the boss of a firm who uses the latest phone up grade to recycle bales from africa. wherever you are joining recycle bales from africa. wherever you arejoining me from around the world a big hello and a warm welcome to the show. since the start of putin s brutal invasion of ukraine we have all been learning the important part is russia s vast natural resources play in the economy. the effect of cutting them off has certain prices soaring across the globe. this has a devastating effect on the cost of living with energy and fuel prices skyrocketing. another consequence that will undoubtedl
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battery systems, and they will develop in a direction that will develop in a direction that will look to some extent mitigate the need to need materials and short supply, for example. materials and short supply, for example, by the current chemistry and configuration of the batteries that are driving the electric vehicle revenue will persist for at least the next will persist for at least the next 10 15 years, and therefore we need next 10 15 years, and therefore we need many multiples of the present we need many multiples of the present global supplier. brian. present global supplier. brian. i present global supplier. brian, i really appreciate your time, i would love to talk to you again soon. great, thank you very much. in the first half, we looked at how the cost of precious metals is rocketing because of a supply crisis due to the war in ukraine. and yet, each year we throw away electronics with tens of billion dollars worth of these metals inside them. among the compan
however, the present chemistry and configuration of lithium ion batteries that are driving the electric vehicle revolution will persist for at least the next ten to 15 years, and therefore we need many multiples of the present global supply. on that note, brian, i really appreciate your time. good luck with everything and i d love to talk to you again soon. great. thanks very much. now, in the first half of the programme, we looked at how the cost of precious metals is rocketing because of a supply crisis due to the war in ukraine. and yet each year, we throw away electronics with tens of billions of dollars worth of these metals inside them. among the companies tackling this is closing the loop. it s a dutch company who works with telecom makers and networks to pay for old mobile phones to be collected in africa and then brought to europe for recycling. the dutch government are a customer, as is the global consultancy kpmg.