Episode 4
Join Chris Nyce and Mateo Micucci with guest Duncan Wood for a timely conversation on the Institute of the Americas’ analysis of Critical Minerals: The Western Hemisphere’s Opportunity. Their discussion explores why copper, lithium, nickel, rare earths, graphite, cobalt, and antimony have become central to energy security, economic competitiveness, and defense. They also examine supply-chain concentration, permitting and investment challenges, environmental and social license, and the key policy signposts to watch as the Western Hemisphere confronts a narrow but consequential window for action.