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What, how many and why?

What, how many and why?

What does the term ‘critical’ mean, and where will we find these minerals?

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London transport users engage with their devices – and indium, terbium, lithium, cobalt, copper and numerous other critical minerals. Photo: PjrTransport/Alamy

Can mining save the world?

They are touted as our way out of climate chaos and essential for making the things we use, from mobile phones to electric vehicles. Vanessa Baird sets out to investigate critical minerals – and the rush to get them.

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Courtesy of SMAC Gallery. Photo: Mary Sibande

Spotlight: Mary Sibande

Sculptor, textile and installation artist.

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Books Essay: Magic carpets made of steel

Books Essay: Magic carpets made of steel

Could the iron road lead the way to climate justice? By Monisha Rajesh.

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Mixed Media: Music

Mixed Media: Music

Inner Spaces; Entre Tus Flores.

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Mixed Media: Film

Mixed Media: Film

To a Land Unknown; The Fire Inside.

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Mixed Media: Books

Mixed Media: Books

In Defence of Barbarism; Disaster Nationalism; The Parlour Wife; Pink Witch.

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 Illustration: Javier Huxley

Agony Uncle: Landlordism

Struggling with an ethical dilemma? New Internationalist’s Agony Uncle can help you find answers in our troubled political times.

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 Illustration: Marc Roberts

Only Planet

New administration, by Marc Roberts.

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Land in Barbuda has become increasingly privatized. This photo was taken in May 2023 at Coco Point. The beaches are public up to the high water mark, which is usually up to the vegetation line in front of the sign. Photo: Global Legal Action Network

Temperature Check

The case for the defence (of nature). Words – Danny Chivers.

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 Illustration: Kate Evans

Thoughts from a Broad

The L.A. fires have nothing to do with climate change, illustrated by Kate Evans.

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 Illustration: P J Polyp

Big Bad World

Live from Mars, by P J Polyp.

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 Photo: Collectif Antigone

The Interview: Jacob Pirro

‘People are very angry’. Canadian climate activist Jacob Pirro meets Paula Lacey to discuss being locked up for taking direct action, and what motivates him.

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 Photo: Carolina Navas

Southern Exposure: Carolina Navas

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

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What, how many and why?

What does the term ‘critical’ mean, and where will we find these minerals?

May, 2025 555 Preview
Can mining save the world?

They are touted as our way out of climate chaos and essential for making the things we use, from mobile phones to electric vehicles. Vanessa Baird sets out to investigate critical minerals – and the rush to get them.

Vanessa Baird May, 2025 555 Preview
Spotlight: Mary Sibande

Sculptor, textile and installation artist.

Subi Shah March, 2025 554 Preview
Books Essay: Magic carpets made of steel

Could the iron road lead the way to climate justice? By Monisha Rajesh.

Monisha Rajesh March, 2025 554 Preview
Mixed Media: Music

Inner Spaces; Entre Tus Flores.

Conrad Landin March, 2025 554 Preview
Mixed Media: Film

To a Land Unknown; The Fire Inside.

Malcolm Lewis March, 2025 554 Preview
Mixed Media: Books

In Defence of Barbarism; Disaster Nationalism; The Parlour Wife; Pink Witch.

Conrad Landin March, 2025 554 Preview
Agony Uncle: Landlordism

Struggling with an ethical dilemma? New Internationalist’s Agony Uncle can help you find answers in our troubled political times.

March, 2025 554 Preview
Hall of Infamy: Robert F Kennedy Junior

Republican pick for US Health Secretary.

March, 2025 554 Preview
Only Planet

New administration, by Marc Roberts.

Marc Roberts March, 2025 554 Preview
Temperature Check

The case for the defence (of nature). Words – Danny Chivers.

Danny Chivers March, 2025 554 Preview
Thoughts from a Broad

The L.A. fires have nothing to do with climate change, illustrated by Kate Evans.

Kate Evans March, 2025 554 Preview
Big Bad World

Live from Mars, by P J Polyp.

P J Polyp March, 2025 554 Preview
The Interview: Jacob Pirro

‘People are very angry’. Canadian climate activist Jacob Pirro meets Paula Lacey to discuss being locked up for taking direct action, and what motivates him.

Paula Lacey March, 2025 554 Preview
Southern Exposure: Carolina Navas

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

Carolina Navas March, 2025 554 Preview