Un regard neuf, stimulant et véritablement inédit sur l’industrie minière. Ce n’est pas un manuel technique, mais un guide stratégique pour comprendre les forces qui façonnent les nouveaux conflits liés aux minéraux critiques. - The Mining Journal

Le paradigme ancien d’une industrie minière neutre et purement technique est révolu. Cet ouvrage en acte la fin et introduit un concept nouveau: la géopolitique minière. - Foreign Policy

Des gouvernements aux investisseurs, Rivera et Zamanillo livrent des recommandations concrètes pour manier les minéraux comme instruments de pouvoir, de souveraineté et de stratégie industrielle. - IndustryWeek

Mining Is Dead rappelle que les minéraux critiques ne relèvent pas seulement de la transition énergétique: ils touchent à la sécurité nationale, à la technologie et à l’architecture même de la puissance mondiale. - War on the Rocks

Une contribution importante au débat sur les minéraux et le pouvoir. L’ouvrage montre clairement que l’avenir de la mine ne sera pas déterminé par la seule géologie, mais par la stratégie, la légitimité et la géopolitique. Les lecteurs et lectrices de Breakneck de Dan Wang trouveront en Mining Is Dead un compagnon naturel: le livre prolonge la grille de lecture “ingénieurs vs juristes” vers les minéraux, le levier midstream et la puissance des chaînes d’approvisionnement. - New York Lenders Magazine

Eduardo Zamanillo is a mining engineer, entrepreneur, and former owner-operator, with experience combining field work and consulting in Latin America, North America, and Africa. His work covers mine planning, project evaluation, resource and reserve reviews, and midstream transformation strategy (conversion/separation). He conducts technical due diligence and Independent Engineer mandates for lenders and credit committees, and has written technical reports under NI 43-101 and S-K 1300 standards at the PEA, PFS and FS stages. His approach connects geology, processing, infrastructure, logistics, and markets, with a fine understanding of technical and financial risks.

Eduardo has worked on copper, lithium, gold, iron ore, rare earth, and polymetallic assets, leading multidisciplinary assessments that connect geology with processing, infrastructure, logistics, and markets. As an entrepreneur, he founded an exploration company and developed a small-scale gold operation. In corporate roles, he has pursued acquisitions of producing assets and structured offtake agreements for a Japanese trading house, aligning product specifications, logistics, and financing with market needs.

He holds a B.Sc. in Mining Engineering from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, an M.Sc. from Universidad de Chile, and an M.B.A. from Cranfield University (U.K.). Areas of focus include geopolitical mining, midstream industrialization, project-finance readiness, and supply-chain resilience.

Marta Rivera is a sociologist and strategic communication specialist, independent researcher, and author based in Toronto. Her work explores the convergence between public policy, markets, and technology in critical mineral chains: permitting and social acceptability, traceability, processing/refining, and industrial strategy.

She has worked in banking, telecommunications, and market research, and co-founded a research practice. Her approach integrates corporate strategy communication and evidence-based analysis, contributing to research frameworks and editorial developments in geopolitical mining and midstream value creation.

She holds a B.A. in Sociology (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), a Magíster in Strategic Communication (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez), and diplomas in Audiences & Media and Digital Marketing (PUC).

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