Country & Region Analysis
Country-level insights on mining, legitimacy, institutions and geopolitical positioning.
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Focused briefs on how mining policy, institutions and public legitimacy shape the strategic trajectory of key jurisdictions across America, Africa, Asia, Oceania and Europe.
Latest country & region briefs
A comparative reading of Trump and He Lifeng’s speeches at Davos 2026 shows how the US and China are reorganising their strategies around middle class…
Venezuela was once shorthand for oil wealth: a founding OPEC member, a competent national oil company and a modest but real mineral base. Two decades…
Zambia’s decision to accept mining taxes in Chinese yuan is more than a headline about “de-dollarisation”. It is a live test of how a copper-dependent…
China’s 2025 Policy Paper on Latin America and the Caribbean does not just offer more trade and infrastructure. It embeds LAC into Beijing’s long term…
Chile with Kast enters a new phase: a record mining pipeline, a faster but untested permitting system and renewed geopolitical pressure around copper, lithium and…
For China, minerals have always been strategic, today they sit at the core of its vision of technological power and national security. This piece explains…