Critical Minerals, Trust, and the New Supply Chain Compact

​In a fragmented geopolitical landscape, critical minerals value chain has become a key arena for a new global technology equilibrium. Extraction, processing, and refining remain the core of this system, but they are increasingly accompanied by technologies that shape how mineral resources are identified, developed, monitored, and verified.

​Industrial capability extends beyond physical production to include tools such as advanced geological modelling, satellite data, remote sensing, and digital traceability systems, which support exploration, permitting, environmental oversight, and supply-chain reliability. Together, these capabilities influence where jobs, margins, technological advantage, and strategic leverage accumulate.

​This panel explores how a global and secure critical minerals supply chain can be structured, what constraints must be addressed first, and how public policy and private capital can align around a realistic pathway to higher-value production.

​PARTICIPANTS

​Dr Thiri Shwesin Aung, Environmental Scientist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Founder of Nyxium

​Dr Max Werner, Founder & CEO Hades Mining

​Alexandra Vidyuk, Founder & CEO Beyond Earth Ventures

​Zhao Hai, Senior Fellow and Director of International Political Studies at the National Institute for Global Strategy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.