Infrastructure, Energy and Industry
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Illustrative: critical-mineral routes from mines to refiners, between generated places
Risk Academy, led by the Nexus Consortium · Infrastructure, Energy and Industry
The discipline covers mining and extractive industries, critical minerals for the energy and digital transitions, tailings and structural safety, commodity price risk, and the social and environmental risks of extraction and closure.
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The model
From a concentrated supply to a price spike: how a lost mine moves a market, and what a stockpile buys
DataModelGateDecisionStandard it teachesStandard it relies onNeighbouring discipline
The model From a concentrated supply to a price spike: how a lost mine moves a market, and what a stockpile buys
The subtopics its courses and labs teach.
Courses in development extend the scope to one further subject: Critical minerals supply risk.
For analysts, procurement and sourcing staff, mining engineers, regulators and investors who need to assess mineral supply concentration, tailings and operational safety, commodity price exposure and the social and closure liabilities of extraction.
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Open scholarly sources searched with the subject terms of Critical minerals, mining and extractives.
Search termsCritical minerals, mining and extractives; Critical minerals supply; Mining operations and safety; Tailings storage facilities; Commodity price risk; Resource revenuesDerived from the Risk Academy page on Critical minerals, mining and extractives.
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Recent developments in critical minerals, mining and extractives, each with its source; sources checked on 16 October 2026.
Courses for this discipline are in development; until they open, study it through the connected courses and open lessons below.
Courses with this primary disciplineIn development
Each course has its primary discipline elsewhere and teaches this field as part of its scope.
From connected disciplinesIn development
| Lab | What you do in it | Courses using it |
|---|---|---|
| Map lab | Read hazard, exposure and boundaries on real maps | 1 |
| Exposure lab | Overlay people and assets with hazard footprints | 1 |
| Aspect | In this area |
|---|---|
| Technology that helps | Traceability and distributed ledgers. |
| Risk technology creates | Exposure to chip and export controls, and concentration in critical minerals. |
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