Skillings Mining Review September 2023: our cover looks at the U.S. mining green revolution—how decarbonization, electrification, and smarter permitting can grow prosperity while cutting impact. We track what it means in practice: cleaner power, efficiency retrofits, and supply-chain choices that stand up to investor and community scrutiny.
Beyond the U.S., resource nationalism in Indonesia reshapes value capture, while innovative financing unlocks projects that traditional lenders won’t touch. Operations go digital—from Huawei’s coal-mine automation to thyssenkrupp’s rail-running conveyor for Tier-1 copper—and marketing does, too, as miners harness digital demand gen and E-A-T-driven recruitment to win scarce talent.
We examine the mining–oil & gas link, the DRC’s pivotal role (from riches to governance risks), and the human cost of illegal artisanal cobalt. Rounding it out: lab-grown diamonds in Singapore, South Africa’s power struggles, and World Steel in Figures 2023 to ground the macro. The through-line: build lower-carbon tons, prove trust, and finance innovation that lasts.
