Mining is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical Mining

<p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Mining Is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical Mining</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The age of traditional mining has ended. Critical minerals-copper lithium cobalt rare earths and more-are no longer just commodities. They are the hidden architecture of global power deciding who leads in technology defense finance and diplomacy.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This book maps how minerals moved from the margins of industry to the center of geopolitics. With data from 2024-2025 and a strategic lens Marta Rivera and Eduardo Zamanillo reveal how China the United States Europe Latin America Africa and Asia are reshaping the world order through mining decisions that will echo for decades.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Inside you'll discover:</span></p><p></p><ul><li><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Why </span><em>Sovereign speed </em><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>-not just reserves- now defines who wins or loses.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>How narrative and legitimacy can turn mineral wealth into real power.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>The risks of failing to industrialize mining in a world racing for supply chains.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Where artificial intelligence clean technologies and strategic alliances enter the mineral equation.</span></li><li><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Why illegal mining is not just a social issue but a matter of national security.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Mining Is Dead</strong><span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> is not a technical manual. It is a guide for those who want to see the signals behind the headlines and anticipate the forces shaping tomorrow. Written with clarity and depth it speaks to policymakers business leaders investors academics journalists-and anyone curious about how the next chapter of global power is being written.</span></p><p></p><p>The mining of the past is gone. What comes next is geopolitical mining and it will shape the century.</p>