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The clean-energy transition relies on these minerals, yet supply chains are fragile The clean-energy transition relies on these minerals, yet supply chains are fragile 29 Jan 2021 Covid-19 provides an opportunity to re-assess the supply chains of minerals on which the clean-energy transition relies A tumultuous year may have a silver lining. European and US coal consumption has dropped by 34 per cent since 2009, and the International Energy Agency predicts that global coal use will never surpass pre-Covid numbers. In 2020, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, vowed to cut China’s carbon emissions to zero by 2060. Joe Biden has promised that the USA will re-join the Paris Agreement. Nevertheless, while the year of the pandemic may have hastened the transition to clean energy, it has also highlighted a number of vulnerabilities. ....
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The current and near-future global risk landscape is particularly challenging to assess and navigate. It is volatile and multi-faceted, with many of the risks intersectional and in continual flux. In times such as these, considerations of agility, resilience and risk mitigation – in particular, disputes risk mitigation – must feature high on every corporate agenda. Volatility as new normal Looking back on 2020, it is clearly the point at which volatility became the new normal globally. Significant events have affected almost every major financial market and sector worldwide, including: the COVID-19 pandemic; geopolitical instability; a downturn in major economies. The unstoppable march of automation and digitalisation has continued at pace; indeed, it has been propelled forward in 2020, leading to a fundamental reshaping of many workforces and industries, including the mining sector. However, there are few indicators that the end of 2020 will bring a r ....