Gavin features in British Embassy Video on UK - Mongolia Engagement

Gavin features in a short film produced by the British Embassy in Mongolia, in Ulaanbaatar, about the potential for UK-Mongolia collaboration. In it he argues that critical-materials supply chains can be made more sustainable and resilient through diversification and partnership, and that the UK and Mongolia have complementary strengths. The UK, he says, should use its strengths in knowledge, innovation and intellectual property to help resource-rich countries unlock their potential, releasing the materials needed for decarbonisation and the move to cleaner technologies. Gavin spoke for the University of Birmingham and the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements & Critical Materials, sharing lessons from projects including the Faraday Institution's ReLiB project, Met4Tech, the EU's Harmony project and the EPSRC-funded TReFCo and RECREATE projects. He shared the film on LinkedIn on 6 June 2025.

Same visit: 3rd Mongolian Critical Minerals Association Seminar (29 May 2025) and 15th Astana Mining & Metallurgy Congress (4 June 2025).