New investigation from Global Witness shows that, even as Russia masses troops on the Finnish borders and sends incursions into European airspace, the EU continues to import billions of dollars’ worth of nickel from a mine owned by Russia’s richest man. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

Me writing in NH: Looming summits must deliver a pathway to fairer mineral extraction: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

Thanks to years of work highlighting companies complicit in conflict in DRC, the US has introduced new sanctions against companies profiting from war globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

I was on Al Jazeera’s business show ‘Counting the Cost’ this morning talking about tariff wars, rare earths, Myanmar, and how the US & EU can get ahead of China with circularity. Catch up on it here at the 13minute mark youtu.be/d7mxTB9MjJw?... #RareEarth #Tariffs #AlJazeera #Minerals

I’ll be on Al Jazeera at around 10:15am CET tomorrow morning discussing minerals and trade sanctions between the US and China. Please tune in.

Launching Dialogue Earth’s new Global China briefings — concise, email-delivered insights on China’s evolving role in climate & development across the Global South, for policy professionals, researchers and analysts. 📬 Sign up now: https://loom.ly/bznAzqY

I have been watching the WEuros25 with my two little girls in a pub in Cornwall, and I can’t say how important it is to me that they see a full bar of all ages, sexes, and races cheering on the Lionesses and going bonkers now they won. #Historic

My blood pressure could do without this please England 😅#WEuros25

Watching England v Sweden in #WomensEuros and that was two stunning equalising goals. Back in with a chance! Come on Lionesses!

Our newest investigation is featured in the @theguardian.com today revealing how Trump & his crew of dangerously unqualified cronies are exploiting war and strife to get their hands on the world’s minerals, from Ukraine, to Pakistan and Yemen and beyond www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

We knew China's rush to install solar and wind was going to be wild but WOW😮. The solar panels & wind turbines China installed in May alone, in a single month, will generarate as much electricity as: -Poland -Sweden -Norway -the UAE -North Carolina&Maryland or -Washington&Wyoming

Just wrapped up a press conference on the importance of addressing minerals n the climate COP process. You can catch up with it here; unfccc.int/event/nrgi-n...

I’m at Bonn asking climate negotiators to think about the climate impacts of mining for the minerals that we need for our transition. Let’s get things right now, and not make the same mistakes of the past.

As Beijing asserts itself amid global trade tensions, it is playing an ace it has kept up its sleeve for decades: control over the flow of minerals Western countries desperately need to fuel their green, digital and defense ambitions. www.politico.eu/article/chin...

I’m at the UN offices in Bonn for the COP half way point. Amazonian communities are calling for an end to exploitation of their lands and resources. No more mining without community consultation and consent.

🚨 Critical minerals are powering the green transition – but at what cost? COP still isn’t addressing the deforestation, corruption and land grabs linked to mineral extraction. That needs to change. 👉 gwitness.org/3FwT37B #COP #JustTransition #ClimateCrisis

I’m off to Bonn next week to launch an initiative to get the COP to include language about mining and minerals. Find out more here globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... #TransitionMinerals #COP

👂 This week I was invited on to Geopolitical Ecology podcast. We covered US, EU, and China competition for minerals, as well as who really profits from the energy transition. open.spotify.com/episode/1q9q... Hope you enjoy listening.

Gaza’s borders are temporarily open. Get on UN food program website and donate now!

It’s that time of year when my social media feed becomes a Eurovision live feed! On to some predictions!

Seng Li from our partner, the Shannan foundation, is visiting Brussels from Myanmar to talk about the huge harms caused by mining for heavy rare earths in his region. Also hearing from communities in Jujay, Argentina and in France.

We kicked off our Myanmar advocacy tour with a meeting with MEP @yverougstraete.bsky.social today in the EP. It was a great start to our trip meeting someone who really gets that responsible mining practices can be a boon to European industry & security.

In this month's edition of New Internationalist my @globalwitness.org Colleague @cat-rainsford.bsky.social alongside our partners African Resources Watch (AFREWATCH) have written about the devastating effects and undeniable promise of Cobalt mining in DRC newint.org/issues/2025/...

On my way back from a long but meaningful week at the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social responsible mineral supply chains conference along with my @globalwitness.org colleagues and our indomitable partners. At times it felt as though we are moving backwards on human rights, but we are steadfast in our mission.

Who can you trust online? 🤔 Join GW's Ava Lee & @disharavi.bsky.social & @bbcmarcosilva.bsky.social at the @nhm-london.bsky.social Generation Hope event this month to learn how disinformation spreads online & why it matters for climate action! Free entry: gwitness.org/4jdHFvI #GenerationHope

#DRCongo conflict: @globalwitness.org reports that #Luxembourg based company #Traxys imported via #Rwanda coltan linked to mines under #M23 control. EU-Rwanda mineral deal is a reputational embarrassment for @ec.europa.eu & should be suspended. euobserver.com/eu-and-the-w...

Our investigation suggests that Traxys, an EU-based trader, buys conflict minerals originating in the DRC 🇪🇺 We’re calling on the EU to rescind its raw materials partnership with Rwanda and freeze development assistance until it stops all support to M23 gwitness.org/4cx3GDc

With apols for cross posting to the bad place, but my @globalwitness.org colleague Dom has done a break down of the devastating economic toll Trumps deal will have on Ukraine; check it out on X here x.com/global_witne... and threads www.threads.net/@global_witn... #Ukraine #FossilFuels

Well, this was not on my geopolitics bingo card.

This, just a million times over. What can we possibly aspire to be, when our water is choked with waste, our landscapes barren, and no sense of ourselves.

Aid for trade: me writing in Context News this week on the Ukrainian minerals deal.

Think the deal on the table for Ukraine is the only ‘minerals for aid’ blackmail around? Think again - ‘Trump’s Ukraine deal exposes a dirty truth about minerals’ www.context.news/just-transit...

Great new article from @wilsoncenter.org and my colleague on how instability in supply chains fuels problems in the long run. Front loading human rights and environmental diligence in projects saves in the long run www.newsecuritybeat.org/2025/03/high...

It’s very clear it’s time for the EU to consolidate our defences. Also, Starmer’s visit yesterday looking even more poorly timed and toned. The EU is right next door - easy win to boost defence and the economy = single market & defence pact.

Hot take - it was smart of Ukraine to sign this minerals deal. Mineral resources like the ones in Ukraine will take years, if not a decade to develop, By the time the mines are live, the US could well have a new regime, and in the meanwhile has stumped up money Ukraine doesn’t have.

Zelensky is perhaps the defining figure of our age. Brave, ingenious, pragmatic and defined by his convictions. They hate him because he kills fascists.

Have just finished watching “Turning point: the Bomb and the Cold War” on @netflix.com Absolutely essential viewing. Hands down the best documentary I’ve seen. Thrilling historical footage & great contributors setting the scene for our modern word 10/10

I’m at the #AlternativeMiningIndaba in SAfrica. This morning’s debate is on livelihoods in the Just Transition in Africa - the transition represents opportunities, but funds need to be raised for Africa’s own energy ambitions. #ProgressiveTaxation

Reflecting on the #MiningIndaba that kicked off today, my colleague shares her thoughts on how Africa should stick together to encourage a race to the top for its mineral wealth africanarguments.org/2025/02/how-... feat in @africanarguments.bsky.social

What’s going on between DEC and Rwanda and how does it relate to renewable technologies? Well, The minerals that are being plundered from Eastern DRC and transported into Rwanda are ending up in the supply chains for electric vehicles, and other electronics. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Important new article out today in the @theguardian.com by @chloefarand.bsky.social on the lack of enforcement for the EUs Conflict Minerals Regulation. @globalwitness.bsky.social is pointing out the gaps in enforcement & impact on conflict in the DRC www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I’m in transit to the #FutureMineralsForum in Riyadh, where I will be speaking about supply chain stability for minerals through responsible practices.

The Belgian railway system has made me very happy today! @sncb-nmbs.bsky.social thank you so much for my new train oasis ☺️ ❤️

I don’t normally share my wordle score, but when I do…. Wordle 1,290 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Chile’s legal limits for air pollutants are more lenient than those imposed in many of its key copper export markets, such as the European Union, and far exceed the World Health Organization’s recommendations. cleanenergyfrontier.climatechangenews.com/doctors-rais...

‘China is the biggest player in global mining and processing of transitions minerals’. How often do we question what put them in that position? Read my colleagues first blog in a series to pull the curtain back on the how, why & when of Chinese mineral policy www.globalwitness.org/en/blog/how-...

And we’re off! #EURawMaterialsWeek kicks off with a protest from @xrglobal.bsky.social while the Commission opens the week with a characteristically a-political pitch for the EUs minerals future.

Here’s a follow recommendation for you. Want to make sure your electric car is not the new almond milk? @leadthecharge.bsky.social are calling to make sure auto supply chains are free of human rights abuses.

Going to be at EU Raw Material week? Join Global Witness Wednesday 11th at Cardo Hotel from 1pm for two panels on the evolution of mineral policy in China, and disruption of supply chains from violence. [email protected]