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Comment: It’s peer-reviewed in a journal article and looks fine source-wise, but it reads like an ad. Also, looking at the edit history, I doubt it’s LLM output. Htanaungg (talk) 08:34, 20 December 2025 (UTC)
- Comment: There is still obvious AI indicators here. Every ** needs to be removed. That is not proper wikitext. Ktkvtsh (talk) 04:33, 21 September 2025 (UTC)
| Author | Marta Rivera and Eduardo Zamanillo |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | QMBooks (Canada) |
Publication date | 27 August 2025 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Pages | 240 |
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Mining Is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical Mining is a 2025 non-fiction book by Marta Rivera and Eduardo Zamanillo about critical minerals, supply chains, and geopolitical competition.
Overview
[edit | edit source]A peer-reviewed book review by Hugo Morão in the journal Resources Policy describes the book as moving from a conceptual framing of “geopolitical mining” to regional comparisons and a concluding set of strategic lessons for policy and industry.[1]
In the same review, Morão summarizes the authors’ proposed framework as four pillars—sovereign speed, integral legitimacy, industrial autonomy, and strategic alliances—used to discuss how states and firms try to convert mineral endowment into strategic advantage across the value chain.[1]
Publication and editions
[edit | edit source]The English-language edition was published by QMBooks (Canada) in August 2025.[2]
Spanish and French-language editions have also been released.[3][4]
Reception
[edit | edit source]In Resources Policy, Morão characterizes the book as a contribution to policy discussion on critical minerals and strategic power, while noting variation in depth across regional sections and practical constraints on implementation.[1]
In Revue Défense Nationale, Eugène Berg presents the book as arguing that control of downstream stages of the value chain has become a lever of power in critical minerals, and describes Western efforts to respond to China’s position in processing and industrial capacity.[5]
In an opinion article for Mining Journal about increasing government involvement in critical minerals, William Clarke cites the book in discussing the shift from market-driven mining toward state-backed industrial policy.[6]
References
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Rivera, M.; Zamanillo, E. (2025). Geopolitical Mining: From Ore to Order in a World of Engineering and Juridical States. SSRN. doi:10.2139/ssrn.5561779.[1]
External links
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