Responsible Raw Materials Podcast

Platinum Group Metals and the 100% Recycled Myth, with Emma Schofield

Platinum Group Metals and the 100% Recycled Myth, with Emma Schofield. Emma Schofield is a chemist who spent 22 years in the platinum group metals (PGM) industry at John

Can Secondary Metals Close The Supply Gap? with Liv Carroll

Liv Carroll is a geologist and mining transformation specialist whose career spans the UK minerals industry, mineral exploration in Turkey and a decade using data and AI

What Conflict Really Costs Mining, with Doron Tadmor

What does social conflict actually cost a mining company - not in reputation, but in dollars? Sarah is joined by Doron Tadmor, who recently completed his PhD studying how

Imagine a Rubik's cube: The Future of Construction and Raw Materials, with Burak Kaplanoglu

Burak Kaplanoglu was doing sustainability work long before the word was fashionable, beginning with a concern for the people on site. Born in Istanbul and in the UK since

The Raw Materials Hidden in Our Cities - Gareth Byatt

We recycle steel. We're rather good at it. But recycling isn't the same as reuse, and that gap is quietly costing us.  In the latest episode of the Responsible Raw Mater

What Happens to a Smart Meter After It Leaves Your Wall - Helen Woodcock

What Happens to a Smart Meter After It Leaves Your Wall Helen Woodcock came to sustainability through risk management, and a refusal to accept that anything is simply th

Peter Harvey: Mine Closure and the True Cost of Metals

Mine Closure and the True Cost of Metals Mine closure is one of the biggest unsolved challenges in responsible mining, and Peter Harvey has spent the last seven years at

Tim Law: Why Tax Is the Most Powerful Word in Mining 

Why Tax Is the Most Powerful Word in Mining  Tim Law is a chartered accountant and tax expert who spent nearly two decades in corporate tax teams, twelve of them inside

Michael Barron: The Role of Raw Materials in the Middle East

Gas, The Strait of Hormuz and the Raw Materials Geopolitical Landscape of the Middle East  Michael Barron is a Middle East political risk specialist who came to natural

David Strang: Challenging Everything the Industry Takes for Granted 

David Strang: Challenging Everything the Industry Takes for Granted  David Strang has had an unusual route into mining leadership. A Glaswegian raised in a South African

Melody McNeil: Above Ground First - What Mining Can Learn from International Development 

Melody McNeil is an agriculture and natural resource economist who has spent decades working with USAID and Catholic Relief Services across East and Central Africa, Afgha

Connecting the Dots - A Career Across Exploration and Research, with John Thompson

John Thompson is a geoscientist who spent five decades deliberately moving between industry and academia. After studying geology at Oxford, he went on to explore for magm

Anne Thompson: A Geologist's Career at the Edge of Certainty

Anne Thompson is a geologist, mineralogist, and self-described snake that sheds its skin. Over four decades she has worked as an exploration field geologist in Australia

Caroline Tiddy: ‘If we don’t learn how to adopt and adapt, we’ll miss the game‑changers’ - From academic research to real‑world impact

In this episode, we sit down with Professor Caroline Tiddy, Chief Scientific Officer at MinEx CRC and Associate Professor of Geosciences at Adelaide University.  From he

Caitlin Byrt and Samantha McGaughey: The  Green  Tech  Revolution  Growing  Beneath  Our  Feet

What if the key to sustainable metals, minerals, and nutrient recovery has been growing in front of us all along? In this episode of Responsible Raw Materials, Professo

Pim van Geffen: Why Mining Needs to Use It's Data Better

From the Arctic tundra of northern Quebec to the laboratories and boardrooms shaping the future of critical minerals, Dr Pim van Geffen’s career has been driven by curios

Geertje Schuitema: Listening, Trust, and Raw Materials - What Psychology Teaches the Mining Sector

This episode of Responsible Raw Materials explores what happens when psychology meets geochemistry. Joining us is Dutch psychologist and behavioural scientist Prof. Geert

John Howchin: The Power Behind Responsible Mining

In this episode, Sarah Gordon speaks with sustainability expert John Howchin about the powerful role finance plays in shaping the future of mining and raw materials. With

Madhurii Sarkar Amoda: Mining, Communities & Integrity

In this episode, we sit down with Madhurii Sarkar Amoda, a leading voice in community development, stakeholder engagement, and sustainable mining practices in Nigeria. 

Louise Porteus: From Exploration to Legacy - Trust, Land, and Long-Term Value

In this episode, we speak with Louise, an environmental and social leader in mining, about her journey from growing up in an Australian coal community to working across 5