Mariarita Persichetti

Mariarita Persichetti is freelance journalist. She holds a degree in Economics and a master’s degree in geopolitics and global security, both completed in Rome, where she worked for several years in the tourism and communications sectors. She currently contributes to various magazines, including Renewable Matter, La Nuova Ecologia, Atlante Editoriale, and Kritica. She has also written about environmental issues for Il Millimetro. She lives in Parma, but her thoughts often turn to southern Lazio, her homeland.

What lies behind the rush for Indonesian nickel

On 18 February 2026, a landslide occurred inside the Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) in Indonesia, one of the world’s major nickel mining hubs. One employee was killed by the collapse in a tai...