Critical Minerals Supply Chains Security and Resiliency in the ASEAN, Vol.1

This volume examines the security and resilience of critical minerals supply chains through the lens of microeconomic resource pricing, industrial organisation, and supply chain economics. Drawing on theories of market structure, conduct, performance, and vertical integration, the book provides a rigorous analytical framework for understanding how critical minerals markets function and where vulnerabilities arise.

The chapters explore key economic, environmental, financial, and policy dimensions shaping critical minerals supply chains, including trade risks, investment promotion, economic policy uncertainty, green growth, and supply chain ethics. Particular attention is given to the management of global economic and financial risks through detailed analysis of systemic risk contagion, downside risk linkages, geopolitical risk, market development challenges, and lessons in risk mitigation.

The volume features carefully selected country-level and regional case studies supported by robust qualitative and quantitative empirical analysis, including econometric modelling where appropriate. These studies generate evidence-based insights and policy lessons relevant to regions of growing strategic importance, particularly ASEAN, which is advancing along a regional carbon-neutral pathway.

By integrating economic theory with empirical evidence, this book offers a comprehensive assessment of the design and governance of secure and resilient critical minerals supply chains. It will be of interest to researchers, policymakers, and practitioners seeking a rigorous understanding of supply chain risks and policy options in ASEAN and broader Asian economies, including China, Japan, and Australia.

About the Book

• Edited by:Han Phoumin, Rabindra Nepal, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
• xvi, 394 pages
• 12 b/w illustrations, 94 illustrations in colour

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1. Economic and Policy Analysis on the Supply Chain of Critical Minerals—Revisiting Resource Pricing

Rabindra Nepal, Rachel Nichols, Han Phoumin

2. Unpacking Critical Mineral Value Chains and Competitiveness for Sustainable Investment

Natsuko Toba, Tooraj Jamasb, Anupama Sen

3. The Emerging Global Market for Energy Transition Critical Minerals: Competition, Cooperation, or Cartelisation?

Anupama Sen, Tooraj Jamasb, Natsuko Toba

4. Reshoring Critical Minerals Supply Chains: What Can We Learn from the Economic Theory of Vertical Integration?

Flavio Menezes

5. Supply and Trade Risks for Critical Minerals and Midstream Products in Solar Panels in an ASEAN Context

Carl Saunders, Rohan Best, Andrea Chareunsy

6. The Promotion of Investment in the Rare Earth Elements Supply Chain in Laos

Phouphet Kyophilavong, Han Phoumin, Inpaeng Sayvaya, Souphaphone Saignaleuth, Phonekeo Nanthasone, Phongsili Soukchalern

7. Impacts of Economic Uncertainty on the Supply Chain Security of Critical Minerals: Evidence from China

Xuemei Zheng, Aoxin Fan, Phoumin Han

8. Critical Mineral Supply Chain’s Role in Green Economic Growth in Japan

Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary, Han Phoumin, Ehsan Rasoulinezhad, Lilu Vandercamme

9. How Sustainable is the Critical Mineral Supply Chain? Evidence from the Critical Mineral Supply Chain Controlling Economies

Alex O. Acheampong, Olivier Joseph Abban

10. Risk Contagion Across Top Global Rare Earth Elements Firms

Aviral Kumar Tiwari, Emmanuel Joel Aikins Abakah

11. Exploring Upside and Downside Risk Dynamics Across Green Cryptocurrencies, Clean Energy, and Rare Earth Metals

Muhammad Abubakr Naeem, Madiha Kiran, Nadia Arfaoui

12. The Role of Geopolitical Risks in Critical Minerals Markets

Giray Gozgor

13. Critical Minerals in Australia—Market Developments, Future Opportunities, and Risks

George Grozev, Ty Christopher

14. The Risk Management of Critical Mineral Supply Chain in Supporting the Development of EV Battery Manufacturers in the ASEAN Region

Triswan Suseno, Ijang Suherman, Hartono, Muhammad Indra al Irsyad, Rabindra Nepal, Han Phoumin et al.