Pitfall, by Christopher Pollon

The world needs more metals, especially the ones necessary to the clean technology revolution. And yet “mining is one of the planet’s most polluting and deadly industries”. That’s the conundrum at the heart of Christopher Pollon’s book Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places.

Because it’s so damaging, and because the most valuable resources have been used already, mining is turning to ever more remote and inaccessible places. “Most of our future metals will have to c...