Overview:
The powerful ways the metals we need to fuel technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and rising violence – and how we can do better.
Around the world, businesses and governments are scrambling for new places and new ways to get those metals, at enormous cost to people and the planet.
Beiser crisscrossed the world to talk to the people involved and report on the damage this race is inflicting, the ways it could get worse, and how we can minimize the damage. Power Metal is a compelling glimpse into this disturbing yet potentially promising new world.