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A forum is scheduled to discuss solutions. Kazakhstan has accumulated an estimated 200 million tons of radioactive waste, a staggering environmental legacy tied mainly to decades of uranium mining and military activity, according to reporting from The Times of Central Asia.…
A series of new guidelines aim to standardize and mainstream ESG reporting by Chinese mining companies, but gaps remain. On 1 December 2025, the Chinese Mining Association released two documents to guide mining companies on their environmental, social and governance…
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has expressed interest in cooperating with the U.S. on developing rare-earth minerals off the coast of Japan, an issue that might make the agenda at her mid-March bilateral summit as the allies try…
Technologies for synthesising substitutes or alloys could cut time required to secure critical materials to just a few years. The route to challenging China’s supremacy in rare earth minerals lies in using artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing to create synthetic substitutes or alloys,…
For more than a decade, it was the deal mining billionaire Ivan Glasenberg had sought more than any other: putting Glencore Plc — the sprawling commodity trader-cum-miner he built — together with industry titan Rio Tinto Group. For much of…
Zambia’s mining regulator said on Monday that underground operations at Mopani Copper Mines’ Mufulira mine could resume immediately, after new safety measures were implemented. The Minerals Regulation Commission had said last week it had suspended operations at the mine after it failed…
First concentrate shipment from Ssangjon expected by June 2026, neighbouring a multi-billion-dollar producer, as the Company advances toward a planned public listing HAMILTON, BM / ACCESS Newswire / February 16, 2026 / Pure Tungsten Inc. (“Pure Tungsten” or the “Company”)…
Copper rallied through 2025 and despite some sharp pullbacks along the way ended the year more than 40% higher than at the start. This year the price is being pulled into different directions. In holiday thin trade, copper for March…