Global mining companies face significant uncertainty heading into 2025. Ongoing geopolitical turmoil is both a help and a hindrance—at times pushing investors toward safe-haven assets like precious metals, but also complicating the operations of many mining companies. The policy outlook for a second Trump administration is also a big question. On the one hand, tariffs … Read more
From border security and inflation to reproductive rights and climate change, there are many controversial issues that will shape the 2024 presidential election. But one issue that hasn’t made it to the forefront of candidates’ platforms is quietly influencing a certain demographic of voters: crypto investors. According to the Federal Reserve, only 7% of Americans … Read more
Like other people in the area, he says the local communities accepted the mining companies out of necessity, with hope that they would generate employment and development in an area with a subsistence economy. “The communities wanted to contribute to the country. They wanted to generate work, connect to the world,” he says. “Maybe we … Read more