Tag: Fragility

Gold mining place in Guyana, local indigenous people clear workspace from stones and check it for gold nuggets. Amazon and Essequibo basin deforestation. Guyana, Brazil, Venezuela gold mining deforestation.

Venezuela’s Coltan and the Quiet Fragility of Tantalum…

Venezuela shows how optionality in tantalum and niobium—not scale—could reduce US exposure to highly…

January 13, 2026

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