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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.
The backbone of the mining industry: mining value chain covers everything from harvesting raw material to delivering goods to consumers. Companies that effectively manage their value…
A total of 22 percent of coal mines in Shanxi Province, China's coal-producing region, were recently forced to cease operations owing to serious safety concerns. According…
It is becoming more and harder to get at the mineral resources we need to stay current on our energy and technological needs. Because of the…
MELBOURNE, Australia: Rio Tinto’s vaccination hub at Perth Airport has opened today, enabling fly-in fly-out (FIFO) workers in the mining industry to easily access COVID-19 vaccination…
Metso Outotec and Maintenance Solutions Ltd. (MSS) have agreed on distribution cooperation in the UK. As of October 2021, MSS offers Metso Outotec’s Trellex® screening media…
Metallic asteroids near Earth may contain valuable metals worth $11.65 trillion, according to recent calculations by scientists. According to some estimates, the precious metals contained in…
During the New York UN General Assembly meeting, China announced that it would stop funding foreign coal power projects. According to the statement, reducing energy sector…
Solar and wind energy are pushing up the need for minerals and metals that make these technologies feasible, as are electric cars. However, the supply chains…
Over time, employment in the coal industry has declined; it is down by 8.6 percent from its peak before the epidemic. Many individuals who left the…
While investor confidence in the mining industry has never been worse than it is right now, mining firms recently completed in-person Colorado mining conferences and rekindled…
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