Author Archives: Donato Pena

PERU: Peru Expects Modest Copper Production Increase Despite Risks

PERU: Communities Confront State Failures as Mercury Crisis Undermines Trust

PERU: Illegal Mining Becomes Political Force in Peru

PERU: Balancing Enforcement and Stability: Peru Purges Non-Compliant Miners

On July 4, 2025, Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines announced that it had formally [...]

Major share price surge following U.S. graphite tariffs

AFRICA: Assertive African States and Mining SLO

AFRICA: Africa Tightens Control Over Critical Minerals

From Tweets to Insights: Social Opinion Mining on CSR

A recent study applies opinion mining techniques to Twitter data to assess public attitudes toward [...]

What Procedures Matter to Social Acceptance of Mining? A Conjoint Experiment in Peru

A new study using conjoint experiments in Peru identifies which procedural elements most influence public [...]

Quantitative Stakeholder Model: Discrete Choice Experiments (DCE)

A new academic study highlights how Discrete Choice Experiments (DCE) can be used to quantify [...]