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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of 22–28 December 2025
States are tightening control over who can mine, process and export critical minerals, from the DRC’s suspension of artisanal cobalt, to China’s crackdown on illegal mining, Chile’s Codelco–SQM lithium venture in Atacama and copper ending the year near record highs, signalling that future supply will be shaped as much by governance and state-led structures as…