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A new mining agreement provides no benefits for Mexico and fails to address health and…
A group of monks piled into Harry Browne’s one-room cabin earlier this year for morning…
The Malawi government has suspended the mining license of a coal company for dumping mining…
Senate Republicans send Trump resolution to lift mining ban near Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Congressional Republicans have sent President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban…
MINING
Slag from metal processing may help capture and store CO2 emissions. A new Concordia-led study…
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Australia on cusp of another mining boom as we head towards a new world: ‘Significant opportunity’
Australia is gearing up for a new resource boom – but it might come with a ‘cruel double blow’ for millions of city workers. Guess which country has the second biggest copper reserves in the world but is only the…
Union backs mining for jobs and security, while environmental organizations warn the watershed is at risk. The U.S. House of Representatives voted 214-208 in favor of a bill that aims to overturn the Biden administration’s 20-year mining ban on 225,504…
3D printing has become one of the most efficient and affordable ways of creating simple, specific items without having to purchase them. But while 3D printing can save you money on some things, it’s perhaps more of a niche and…
Local and foreign mining companies are forced to pay protection money or hire suppliers linked to their extortionists in order to operate. The kidnapping of 10 miners in Sinaloa in January has brought to light yet another facet of the…
Tariffs have supercharged turbulence in commodity markets Trading is, by and large, a business that stock markets don’t love. Companies that flip equities, oil or other commodities often end up valued at low multiples of their profit, because investors assume…
Gold and silver prices help turn Olympic medals into the most valuable in modern games’ history
It isn’t solid gold — but it’s never been worth more. Athletes stepping onto the Winter Olympic podium in Italy this month are being draped in the most valuable medals in the Games’ modern history thanks to near record-high precious metal prices. Since…
Titanium Dispute Abroad Raises Strategic Questions for Israel and Gulf Partners
A complex legal dispute unfolding in a US federal court as well as in Swiss jurisdiction over the global titanium trade is beginning to intersect with broader regional dynamics – including Israel’s growing economic alignment with Bahrain and the United…
What the Albanese government did on the environment amid the Liberals’ turmoil: threatened species, a new coal project and carbon leakage
Labor chose a day when attention was focused on the opposition to slip out a handful of announcements On Friday, as Angus Taylor ascended to the leadership of a riven and defeated political party, the Albanese government slipped out a…