The Mineral Map

Minerals rarely make headlines, yet they are the hidden engines of global power. From the lithium that fuels electric cars to the rare earths embedded in smartphones and wind turbines, critical commodities shape the twenty-first century as decisively as oil defined the last. Behind every battery, chip, and satellite lies a story of supply chains, chokepoints, and geopolitical rivalry.

The Mineral Map reveals how the struggle for resources is reshaping innovation, competition, and the balance of power across the world. Evander Knoxley takes readers inside the global scramble for lithium, cobalt, rare earths, and beyond-showing how geology, technology, and strategy intersect to determine the future.

In this book, you'll discover:

• Why critical minerals are the foundation of today's energy transition and digital economy.

• How supply chains from Congo to China to Silicon Valley define sovereignty and security.

• The chokepoints and vulnerabilities that could disrupt industries worldwide.

• How nations like the U.S., China, and Europe are competing to secure mineral dominance.

• The opportunities and risks for Africa, Latin America, and the Global South in the mineral age.

• Scenarios for the future: from fractured blocs to cooperative frameworks or breakthrough technologies that rewrite scarcity itself.

Clear, engaging, and urgent, The Mineral Map is essential reading for business leaders, policymakers, students, and anyone who wants to understand the forces quietly shaping our future.

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