Eurasian mining, markets, policy and technology intelligenceCategory
16 published stories in this archive.
Analytics
Water is no longer only an environmental or permitting issue in Central Asia — it is becoming a project risk, a financing issue, and, when managed well, a source of competitive advantage.
Analytics
The cost of tailings failure is high, rising, and existential — particularly for mid-market firms, as insurance underwriters increasingly refuse to accept the liabilities of unmanaged facilities.
2026
Tailings dams are shifting from asking "how do we build a dam that meets the risk criteria?" to asking "how do we build a system that performs after a disruption occurs?"
Analytics
A production target can never justify an unmanaged catastrophic risk — tailings dam failure is not just a neighbor's problem; it can happen to us.
Analytics
Dr. Kantarcıoğlu highlights the growing interconnection between nuclear technology and mining, advocating for Turkey's strategic role in critical minerals supply chains and energy security.
Analytics
A review of 'Mining Is Dead. Long Live Geopolitical Mining' assesses its strategic lessons against real-world mining narratives from recent MINEX Forums across Europe and Central Asia.