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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…
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Slag from metal processing may help capture and store CO2 emissions. A new Concordia-led study…
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The company has also voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 relief in the Southern District of Texas’ US Bankruptcy Court. leon Metals, a critical mineral recycling and production company, has secured $188m in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing. The company has also voluntarily…
Off and running: Resolution Minerals begins its Horse Heaven hunt for gold-antimony treasures
Decision’s Horse Heaven undertaking boasts sturdy gold, antimony, tungsten and silver mineralisation. Pic: Getty Photographs. Decision Minerals kicks off drilling at Horse Heaven, which is straight adjoining to Perpetua’s A$3 billion Stibnite Gold Mine This system entails 3000m of diamond…
South Africa is set to open its first new underground gold mine in 15 years – an increasingly rare event for a country that was once the world’s largest producer of the precious metal. West Wits Mining Ltd. plans to…
Launching Liability: How space exploration is testing legal and insurance boundaries
The modern space race is on. Now, more than 80 countries across the globe have a presence in space. New opportunities in space are being discovered and advancements in space resource utilization, telecommunications, space tourism, along with lower costs of…
US imposes sanctions on Congo armed group, mining firms over illicit minerals
Aug 12 (Reuters) – The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions against an armed group aligned with Congo’s military as well as a Congolese mining company and two Hong Kong-based exporters over armed violence and the sale of critical minerals.…
China’s Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd sees unprecedented global uncertainties on the critical and precious metals markets amid rising protectionism and trade barriers, the biggest Chinese and the world’s largest metals miner in terms of market value said on Wednesday.…
How it started This is not how I thought things would go down when I started covering deep-sea mining. I knew that impatience and greed could have unforeseen consequences for life that depends on healthy oceans, including humans. I just…
KoBold Metals, the mineral explorer backed by US billionaires Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, has secured seven new permits to search for lithium and other critical minerals in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The licences were granted just weeks…