CONTENTS

Foreword

Introduction

Chapter One

The rare metals curse

Chapter Two

The dark side of green and digital technologies

Chapter Three

Delocalised pollution

Chapter Four

The West under embargo

Chapter Five

High-tech hold-up

Chapter Six

The day China overtook the West

Chapter Seven

The race for precision-guided missiles

Chapter Eight

Mining goes global

Chapter Nine

The last of the backwaters

Epilogue

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Appendices

Notes