Geopolitical Mining FAQ

As a concept, Geopolitical Mining describes mining as a geopolitical, institutional and strategic system. It places mineral resources and industrial capacity within the wider questions of national security, technological autonomy and power.

The Geopolitical Mining platform publishes research and analysis on mining, critical minerals and global strategy. We produce public knowledge about how this system works, connecting the experience of companies and countries with the decisions shaping industry, investment and security.

Mining Is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical Mining provides the intellectual foundation of the platform. The book examines how critical minerals, industrial policy, legitimacy, capital and state power are reshaping the global order. Our publications carry that perspective into current developments and strategic debates.

Marta Rivera Muñoz and Eduardo Zamanillo founded the platform and coauthored Mining Is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical Mining. Their work combines sociological analysis, strategic communication and mining experience, including project evaluation and business development. Read more about the authors.

Our readers include company leaders, mining professionals, investors, policymakers, diplomats, researchers and journalists. We also write for students and interested readers who want to understand the relationship between mining, industrial strategy and geopolitical power.

Our coverage centres on mining, critical minerals and the strategic decisions of companies and countries. Subjects include copper, rare earths, uranium, lithium, mining investment and the relationships between technology, energy and industry.

We take a global view, with analysis across the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia. Oil, gas and electricity are covered where they intersect with national security and industrial strategy.

Critical minerals support defence, energy infrastructure, advanced manufacturing and digital technologies. Disruption to essential materials can affect industrial production and national capabilities. Our critical minerals analysis explores the strategic significance of supply, processing and the industries that depend on them.

The growth of artificial intelligence depends on physical infrastructure, including data centers, electricity networks and computing equipment. Copper and other materials support those systems. GM covers the connection between AI investment, mineral demand and the industrial capacity required to develop them.

The Daily and Weekly provide regular readings of developments in mining and geopolitics. Country & Region Analysis examines jurisdictions and their strategic choices, while Articles & Essays develops broader questions about industry, capital and technology.

Critical Minerals focuses on individual materials and their supply chains. GM Signals brings together the strategic themes followed across our publications.

Much public debate treats mining mainly through the lens of the energy transition. We start from a broader premise: mining is part of the material foundation of modern life. It supports industry, infrastructure, digital systems, defence and everyday consumption. The energy transition is one important part of a much wider material reality.

That premise shapes the questions we ask and the conclusions we reach. We examine each case through its context, decisions and outcomes.

Yes. Mining companies should have space to explain their work, the challenges they face and how they respond. Their experience is an important part of understanding the industry. We bring it into a wider conversation with the work of governments, professionals and communities.

The platform publishes public analysis. Geopolitical Mining Advisory applies the same intellectual perspective to private strategic assignments. Each engagement has an agreed scope, with client information treated confidentially.

Our publications provide informational, educational and strategic analysis. They do not constitute personalised financial, investment, legal or tax advice. Specific decisions require consideration of individual circumstances and appropriate professional advice.

Please identify the author or authors, the publication title, date and direct link. For the book, use the bibliographic details on its page. For republication, translation or substantial reproduction, contact contact@geopoliticalmining.com to discuss permission.

For editorial, institutional or strategic enquiries, collaborations, speaking invitations or corrections, write to contact@geopoliticalmining.com. Include a brief description of your enquiry and, where relevant, the publication concerned.