More: Mining
From Asia to Africa: Lessons on How to Build Regional Mineral Value Chains
The idea that African nations must process their minerals at home has gained increased policy traction, and for good reason. After decades of exporting...
A Hybrid Approach for a Federal Sovereign Wealth Fund
While this author has long called for a United States Wealth Fund to be started by excise taxes on mineral wealth extracted from federal...
The Geopolitics of Lunar Helium-3 pMining and the U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund Stagnation
The greatest geopolitical and economic challenge facing the United States today is the proliferation of international Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs.) While the United States...
Small Gold Miners Could Decide Peru’s Presidential Runoff
The outcome of Peru's presidential election could significantly depend on the votes of small gold miners. These miners operate under the REINFO program, initiated...
Zimbabwe’s Lithium Export Ban: China’s Battery Supply Chain in an Era of Resource Nationalism
Zimbabwe’s lithium export ban in late February changed how resource-rich countries are approaching the global supply chains. By tightening its control over its resources,...
DRC offers US rights to M23-controlled tantalum deposits, draft pact shows
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has added the Rubaya coltan mine, which is held by Rwandan-backed rebels and contains one of the richest...
Venezuela’s Rich Oil and Mining Sectors: Stranded by Failing Infrastructure
Venezuela has the largest estimated oil reserves in the world, holding about 17% of global reserves, or 303 billion barrels. Despite this, its crude...
Africa’s Mining Industry: New Opportunities for Cooperation with Russia and China
As part of the second international forum "Russia-Africa Expo-2025," a roundtable discussion titled "The Potential of Africa's Mining Industry: New Opportunities for Cooperation with...
Critical Minerals: India’s Leverage from Mongolia
While the previous decade had focused on oil and information technology, which had claimed resemblance to the value of crude oil. This decade that...
The Missing Piece: Minerals Processing and Deep Sea Mining
Authors: Zohan Tariq and Tom LaTourrette*
The world’s oceans have long been a source of riches that help sustain human civilization. Since antiquity, fishing has...