Donald Trump’s quest for vital minerals has taken him from Greenland to Ukraine. He’s not alone in wanting extra metals, which will probably be wanted for every thing from elevated electrification to extra and greater artificial-intelligence (AI) knowledge centres and sturdier energy grids. In response to BCG, a consultancy, a couple of fifth of the minerals considered required by 2035 have but to be discovered (see chart 1). Billions of {dollars} are being invested in looking for new deposits, however few folks know the place all of the required minerals will come from.