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Mo Shine covers the geopolitics, logistics and diplomacy of critical-mineral extraction in the Global South, with a focus on how African statecraft shapes what investors and operators can actually build. He spent more than a decade in newspaper journalism, as sub-editor and executive editor, and has worked with Skillings since 2009. His current work tracks the Lobito Corridor and other Western-backed rail routes, and what they change for working capital, regional diplomacy and operator resilience across the Central African Copperbelt.
Precious metals equities are staging one of their strongest rallies in more than a decade, dramatically outpacing global markets and reshaping investor allocations in 2025. The…
TORONTO, Sept. 16 — Canada’s Competition Bureau has confirmed it will scrutinize the proposed US$53 billion merger between Anglo American and Teck Resources, a transaction that…
aluminum price streak, LME aluminum, global aluminum deficit, China production cap, Fed rate cut aluminum, alumina cost pressures
In January 2023, Copper Mountain Mining was forced to shut down its British Columbia mill after a ransomware attack crippled operational systems. The outage lasted weeks…
Skilled-visa backlogs are slowing copper and critical mineral projects from Zambia to Western Australia. Learn how HR, not geology, is becoming mining’s hidden bottleneck.
Copper & lithium face major supply deficits by 2035. Can they join gold as inflation-proof safe havens for mining companies & investors?
The U.S. steel sector is running hot again. Domestic production rose nearly 5% in July compared with the same month a year earlier, according to the…
The world added more than 17 million electric vehicles (EVs) in 2024, pushing battery-powered cars past 20% of new auto sales for the first time. China…
KIRUNA, SWEDEN — When LKAB confirmed this spring that its Per Geijer deposit holds around 1.2 billion tonnes of ore containing 2.2 million tonnes of rare-earth…
Copper demand is surging. Will contract mining or owner-control deliver supply faster? Skillings breaks down the models shaping copper’s future.
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