spatial inequality, national economic performance, and the incidence of armed conflict. By providing a theoretical rent …

Despite a sizeable literature, there is no consensus as to whether and how mineral resources are linked to conflict. In … this paper, we estimate the relationship between giant mineral deposit discoveries and the intensity of armed conflict … insurgency feasible. The data indeed show discoveries of giant deposits to lower the intensity of conflict for low unitvalue ores …

. We study whether and where mining is possible in such countries without raising the risk of civil conflict. We proceed in …The energy transition increases the demand for minerals from ethnically diverse, conflict-prone developing countries … three steps: First, we propose a theoretical model to predict the occurrence and location of conflict events on the …

difficult to comprehend. Mining reshapes landscapes, literally moving mountains and diverting rivers; the Indigenous owners of … these landscapes often believe them to have been originally shaped by ancestor beings who still reside at mining locations … expansion of mining into Indigenous territories. Contributing to such an understanding involves a task of global significance …