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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United States: How the Department of War Is Building a Mineral System
The U.S. Department of War is beginning to treat mineral security not as a purchasing problem, but as a system capability. From military land and supply chain mapping…
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Argentina: From RIGI to Mineral Power
Argentina is using RIGI to convert geological potential into long duration mining investment, linking capital stability with federal execution, infrastructure, critical-minerals diplomacy and territorial legitimacy. As lithium expands…
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Brazil: How a Private Company Built a Global Niobium Industry
Brazil’s niobium story shows how mineral power can be built through private industrial execution. Through CBMM, Araxá and decades of processing, technology and market creation, Brazil turned geological…
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Colombia’s Mining Election 2026: Viability, Legitimacy and Anomic Mining
In Colombia’s presidential race, mining is becoming a test of state capacity. Cepeda, Valencia and De la Espriella propose different paths, but the central question is the same:…
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China’s Mineral Security Playbook Moves Into Law
China’s new Mineral Resources Regulation turns mineral policy into an operating system. Beijing is linking geology, project control, strategic minerals, reserves, emergency capacity, foreign investment and supply chain…
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Venezuela’s Mining Opening: Mineral Wealth, New Law, and the Three Tests of Viability
Venezuela has mineral wealth, a new mining law and renewed strategic relevance. But its real mining question is whether territory, governance, energy and infrastructure can convert mineral endowment…
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