Material Economy
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The Practitioner Gap
As mining becomes more strategic, the people who understand how geology becomes supply must help shape the decisions that govern it. This article introduces the practitioner gap and explains why closing it is essential to stronger, more accountable formal mining.
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Rare Earths Are Becoming a Talent War
Rare earths are becoming a talent war. Deposits matter, but reliable supply depends on the engineers, metallurgists, laboratories, public agencies and industrial systems able to convert mineral potential into qualified supply.
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What Kind of Governance Does a Mining Company Need?
Mining governance is entering a more demanding cycle. As minerals become strategic to energy, defence, infrastructure and industrial policy, boards must move beyond formal structures and understand the mine itself: the technical, territorial and material system that turns resources into reliable supply.