Author Archives: Donato Peña

Lithium producer stocks surge after battery maker CATL suspends Chinese mine 

Australia invests $135M to fortify critical minerals smelting 

U.S. awards $10M to build domestic scandium supply chain 

Peru: Proposed National Policy for Small-Scale and Artisanal Mining (MAPE) to 2030 

Buenaventura copper production and sustainability challenge 

Illegal alluvial mining in Colombia’s Amazon rivers 

Colombia: Border “plagued” by illegal mining, drug trafficking, and illegal logging 

A Thoroughly Modern Resource Curse: The New Natural Resource Policy Agenda and the Mining Revival in Peru

Circular Economy in the Mining Industry: A Bibliometric and Systematic Literature Review

Ecologies of Gold: Understanding the social, political, and ecological impacts of mercury use in informal, small-scale gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru