The skyrocketing demand for minerals will require new technologies

DOnald Trump He was transferred by the search for critical minerals from Greenland to Ukraine. It is not alone in the desire for more minerals, which will be necessary for everything from increasing electrification to more and the largest in the artificial fly (Amnesty International) Data centers and the most stable power networks. according to BCGConsultant, about five minerals that are believed to be required by 2035 have not yet been found (see graph 1). Billions of dollars are invested in trying to find new deposits, but few people know where all the required metals will come from.