Country & Region Analysis
Mining, legitimacy and geopolitical strategy across countries and regions.
Clarity. Strategy. Global context.
We examine how mining policy, institutions and public legitimacy shape the strategic choices of countries and their influence in the global economy. Our coverage spans the Americas, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe.
Latest country & region briefs
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Brazil’s 2026 Election: Critical Minerals, a New Mining Framework and the Shield of the Americas
Brazil enters the 2026 presidential election with an established mining economy, a new critical minerals framework and a new regional question. The next government will need to determine…
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Can Europe Become a Major Market for Canadian Minerals?
Canada’s mineral trade remains concentrated in the United States, while its investment and industrial relationships already extend across a wider group of countries. Europe can deepen that diversification…
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China’s Defense Mobilization Law and Mineral Security
China’s revised defense mobilization law extends a decades long approach to national security in which resources, production capacity, infrastructure and supply are built before pressure makes them indispensable.…
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The System Around the Resource: What the Agreement Between Venezuela and the United States Really Means
The Venezuela United States agreement begins with the physical fit between Venezuelan heavy crude and Gulf Coast refining, but its architecture now extends into minerals, technology, processing, traceability…
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Canada: How Indigenous Nations Are Rewriting the Terms of Mining
Across Canada, Indigenous Nations are entering more of the institutions that shape mining, from mineral claims and project assessment to ownership, finance and capital allocation.
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United Kingdom: Building Mineral Capacity Through Coordination
The United Kingdom is building mineral relevance from a different asset base: future industrial demand, selective domestic capability, market infrastructure, finance and international partnerships. This article examines how…
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