Mining governance
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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of July 13–19, 2026
This week covers Wagerup gallium, U.S. FAST-41 mining permits, Chile’s investment framework, American Samoa offshore minerals, Europe’s Raw Materials Mechanism and Ghana’s mining law reform.
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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of June 29–July 5, 2026
This week’s Geopolitical Mining Weekly looks at how mineral security moves from strategy into usable supply through coal based feedstocks, Red Chris infrastructure, India-Japan geological cooperation, Sangdong tungsten, Adani Copper and Cerro Colorado.
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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of June 22–28, 2026
This week’s Geopolitical Mining Weekly covers U.S. Army critical minerals leases, EU-Brazil raw materials diplomacy, Codelco and Anglo American’s copper agreement, Queensland’s fund expansion, India’s rare earth magnet tender and Greenland’s Kuannersuit decision.
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Mining Due Diligence Has Three Clients
Mining due diligence often reviews individual disciplines but misses the interfaces where projects fail. This article argues that effective diligence must serve three clients: the investor, the operator and the State, by testing whether value is real, the operating plan is executable and the project can be governed without creating hidden liabilities.
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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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Codelco, Collahuasi and Technical Governance in Chilean Copper
Chile’s copper leadership shift at Codelco and Collahuasi is more than an executive succession. It reveals why technical governance, operational discipline and institutional maturity are becoming central to Chilean copper.
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Geopolitical Mining Weekly | Week of May 18–24, 2026
This week’s Geopolitical Mining Weekly examines how mineral security is being shaped through processing capacity, rare earth execution, copper province governance, Arctic mining infrastructure, Codelco’s institutional credibility, Sherritt’s nickel cobalt sanctions exposure and Zimbabwe’s small scale gold mining restrictions.
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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.
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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 into formal, traceable and durable supply.