Start with high-confidence mining & extraction business books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
Poisoned Wells
Nicholas Shaxson
Unstable Ground
Rosalind C. Morris
The World in a Grain
Vince Beiser
Material World
Ed Conway
The Elements of Power
Nicolas Niarchos
Power Metal
Volt Rush
Henry Sanderson
Cobalt Red
Siddharth Kara
Extraction
Thea Riofrancos
Blood Will Flow
Alex Perry
Boom, Bust, Boom
Bill Carter
The War Below
Ernest Scheyder
The Antebellum Kanawha Salt Business and Western Markets
John E. Stealey
The Rare Metals War
Guillaume Pitron, Bianca Jacobsohn
Rare Earth Metals and Minerals Industries
Yellapu V Murty, Mary Anne Alvin
Extractivism Across Production and Social Reproduction
Coşku Çelik
