Author Archives: Donato Peña

Botswana — Rare Positive Deviations in Stakeholder Prosperity

Peru — Enforcement Without Legitimacy in the Minerals Sector

Australia — Conflict vs. Adaptive Engagement in the Minerals Sector

Canada — Critical Minerals, Community Engagement, and Project Viability

Africa’s Energy Corridors — Infrastructure, Integration, and the Limits of Coordination

Global Energy Transition Infrastructure — When Capital Outpaced Capacity

Zambia — Copper Leverage Under Fiscal Constraint

Kenya — Emerging Minerals, Infrastructure Expectations, and Early Legitimacy Tests

South Africa — Mining, Energy, and Institutional Fatigue

DRC Cobalt Governance — Controlling Value Beyond Extraction