Sustainable governance of scarce metals: The case of lithium

摘要: Abstract Minerals and metals are finite resources, recent evidence suggests that for many, primary production is becoming more difficult expensive. Yet these resources fundamentally important society—they support many critical services like infrastructure, telecommunications energy generation. A continued reliance on minerals as service providers in modern society requires dedicated concerted governance relation to production, use, reuse recycling. Lithium provides a good example explore possible sustainable strategies. geochemically scarce metal (being found wide range of natural systems, but low concentrations extract), yet studies suggest increasing future demand, particularly supply the lithium lithium-ion batteries, which used variety personal commercial technologies. This paper explores interventions handling two different demand contexts: Australia net producer Switzerland consumer. It focuses nation-specific issues countries' contexts, links global chain scenarios. The article concludes innovative business models, ‘servicizing’ value chain, would hold advantages both consumer countries.