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What should scarce minerals be used for?

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Blanca Racionero GómezSenior Researcher, Just Transition and Natural Resources · Business & Human Rights Resource CentreLinkedIn ↗
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Blanca Racionero GómezSenior Researcher, Just Transition and Natural Resources · Business & Human Rights Resource CentreLinkedIn ↗

The transition debate must also consider demand, sufficiency and rights holders.

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Attributed contributors: Blanca Racionero Gómez. “What should scarce minerals be used for?.” The Cleanest Ton: Critical Minerals, Trust, and the New Extractive Bargain. ECOSYSTEM Summit, Barcelona, 18 September 2026. Session time 33:39–35:34. https://cs-ecosystem.commonshare.workers.dev/moments/ask-what-minerals-are-for

Interpretation and context.

Analyst synthesis. The recording establishes that a claim was made. It does not independently establish the claimed effect.

normative argument

Sufficiency and reduced global-North consumption are proposed as central to a just mineral transition.

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Christopher BoardSustainability Specialist · International Tin AssociationLinkedIn ↗
Elizabeth A. BennettEndowed Professor; Strategic Advisor · UN Forum on Sustainability Standards (advisory role)LinkedIn ↗
Blanca Racionero GómezSenior Researcher, Just Transition and Natural Resources · Business & Human Rights Resource CentreLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Reduce demand while meeting basic needs more equitably.

Limit: Cited scenario reductions are not independently checked.

normative argument

The rights researcher calls for deliberation on mineral end uses and meaningful rights-holder involvement beyond traditional CSR.

Contributors
Blanca Racionero GómezSenior Researcher, Just Transition and Natural Resources · Business & Human Rights Resource CentreLinkedIn ↗

Proposed mechanism: Prioritise uses and involve rights holders in project design.

Conditions: Fair negotiation, remedy and shared prosperity.

Limit: Normative priorities differ from a supply-expansion-only framing.

sufficiencymaterial demandunequal harmsdecision rightsbenefit distribution

Where it connects.

A fair material transition needs physical capacity and a debate about demand as well as credible reporting.

Standards and data can guide change, but processing capacity, feedstock, finance, incentives and who benefits remain material constraints. Sufficiency and end-use priorities challenge supply-only framings.

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