{"product_id":"the-mineral-map-critical-commodities-tech-supply-chains-and-the-new-geopolitics-of-innovation-9798264267437","title":"The Mineral Map: Critical Commodities, Tech Supply Chains and the New Geopolitics of Innovation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Evander Knoxley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Security (National \u0026amp; International)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe minerals powering your phone, your car, and the global\u003cbr\u003eenergy transition are quietly redrawing the map of world power.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLithium. Cobalt. Rare earths. Gallium. These are not just\u003cbr\u003ecommodities. They are the strategic assets determining which\u003cbr\u003enations lead the twenty-first century and which are left\u003cbr\u003edependent on those who do. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBehind every battery, chip, and wind turbine lies a story of\u003cbr\u003esupply chains, chokepoints, and geopolitical rivalry that\u003cbr\u003erarely makes headlines but shapes everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mineral Map\u003c\/b\u003e takes you inside the global scramble for\u003cbr\u003ecritical minerals showing how geology, technology, and\u003cbr\u003estatecraft intersect to determine the future of innovation, \u003cbr\u003esecurity, and power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInside, you will discover: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy critical minerals have replaced oil as the defining\u003cbr\u003eresource contest of great power competition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eHow supply chains running from Congolese cobalt mines\u003cbr\u003ethrough Chinese refineries to Silicon Valley create\u003cbr\u003estrategic leverage and structural vulnerability\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhy China controls the most decisive stage of the mineral\u003cbr\u003eprocessing chain and what the United States and Europe\u003cbr\u003eare doing to respond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eHow Africa, Latin America, and the Global South can\u003cbr\u003eeither capture value from their resources or lose it to\u003cbr\u003emore powerful actors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWhat the green energy transition actually demands from\u003cbr\u003ethe earth and why clean technology is not resource-free\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eThree scenarios for the future mineral order: \u003cbr\u003efragmentation, cooperation, or technological disruption\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten for business leaders, policy professionals, students, \u003cbr\u003eand serious readers who want to understand the forces\u003cbr\u003ereshaping global power from the ground up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mineral Map\u003c\/b\u003e is Book 1 of \u003cb\u003eThe Geopolitics of Critical\u003cbr\u003eMaterials Series\u003c\/b\u003e by Evander Knoxley. Continue with\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Elements of Power\u003c\/b\u003e for a deeper analytical framework\u003cbr\u003eon how mineral dependencies shape strategic competition\u003cbr\u003ebetween the world's most powerful states.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47829009694871,"sku":"9798264267437","price":1196.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798264267437.webp?v=1778912931","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-mineral-map-critical-commodities-tech-supply-chains-and-the-new-geopolitics-of-innovation-9798264267437","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}