Podcast: Is the West’s mining strategy working? Rebecca Seidl-Inglesby on policy and supply chains
Key Takeaways
- •Rebecca Seidl-Inglesby is a partner at Baker Botts and leads the firm’s critical minerals and metals subsector.
- •The discussion centers on recent policy developments and the difficulty of rerouting Western mineral supply chains.
- •Governments and companies are seeking more secure sources of materials used in energy, manufacturing and transportation.
- •Seidl-Inglesby also discusses direct government equity investments in mining companies.
- •The episode highlights growing offtake partnerships between miners and original equipment manufacturers, including automakers, to support financing and supply visibility.

This week’s episode features Rebecca Seidl-Inglesby, a partner at Baker Botts who leads the firm’s critical minerals and metals subsector, in conversation with host Adrian Pocobelli.
Seidl-Inglesby examines recent policy developments and the challenges involved in rerouting Western mineral supply chains, a topic that has taken on added importance as governments and companies look for more secure sources of materials used in energy, manufacturing and transportation. She also discusses direct government equity investments in mining companies and the growing use of offtake partnerships between miners and original equipment manufacturers, including automakers, as part of efforts to support project financing and improve supply visibility.
All this and more with host Adrian Pocobelli.
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