Anthony Vaccaro

2 weeks ago | northernminer.com | Anthony Vaccaro

The second edition of our Rare Earths series breaks down global extraction at the mine level, country by country. It then regroups those nations into five geopolitical spheres of control: the American Sphere, Chinese Sphere, Russian Sphere, Coalition of the Willing, and the Undrafted. While the first graphic showed the American Sphere holding 25% of global reserves and the Chinese Sphere 53%, this update shows a stark imbalance in actual output.

2 months ago | northernminer.com | Anthony Vaccaro

A new infographic from MINING.COM and The Northern Miner reveals a stark divide in global copper processing power, with China firmly in control of more than half of global capacity. Nations within the Chinese sphere process 53.1% of the world’s copper, far surpassing the American-aligned bloc at 15.6% and the “Coalition of the Willing” at 19%.

2 months ago | mining.com | Bruno Venditti |Anthony Vaccaro

MINING.COM and The Northern Miner mapped global copper production through a geopolitical lens, dividing the world into five “spheres of control”: American, Chinese, Russian, Coalition of the Willing, and Undrafted. These groupings reflect geographic, social, cultural, and economic ties—and possible alignments in a more polarized world. The American Sphere leads with 48.7% of global copper output over the past five years, followed by the Chinese Sphere at 29.9%.

Mar 13, 2025 | mining.com | Anthony Vaccaro

Elon Musk’s political rise once fueled Tesla’s stock—but now is it dragging it down? Sentiment has turned sharply, sending shares tumbling. In Europe, sales are sinking as protests and growing dissatisfaction erode Tesla’s appeal. Once a market leader, Tesla is now losing ground to rivals in the EV space such as BYD. Tesla’s European sales plunged 45% in January 2025, with just 8,843 vehicles sold—down from 16,318 a year prior—while the overall EV market surged 37.1%.

Dec 10, 2024 | usnews.com | Valerie Fridland |Kara S. Alaimo |Anthony Vaccaro

Few words so rile language purists as much as the use of the adverb “literally” in a figurative sense, as in: “That movie literally blew my mind.”But as a linguist who studies how English has changed over the centuries, I can promise that while it might sound to you like nails screeching on a blackboard, the use of the nonliteral “literally” developed as an organic and dynamic outgrowth of the very human desire to communicate both emotion and intensity.