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Ghana’s Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, during a visit to the…
When two Oglala Lakota scouts heard drilling was expected to begin on Pe’ Sla, the…
Australia’s Yindjibarndi Indigenous group said on Wednesday it had lodged an appeal with the federal…
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A new Forests and Finance Coalition report finds top financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and BlackRock, support mining companies linked to deforestation, land-grabs, contamination and Indigenous rights violations. According to the report, from 2016-24, major banks provided…
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) warns that The Metals Company’s latest effort to rush to start deep-sea mining, bypassing the International Seabed Authority (ISA) and instead seeking exploitation licenses through the United States, is a desperate move underscoring the industry’s…
Gallium is a shapeshifting metal that’s been compared to whatever was used to build the upgraded terminator in “Terminator 2.” Wyoming could provide the world with more of this liquid miracle metal, which is used to make self-healing fabrics and…
Chicago, IL, Sept. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Welsbach Technology Metals Acquisition Corp. (OTC: WTMA), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company announced the successful approval at its special meeting of stockholders on September 2, 2025 (the “Special Meeting”) of its…
The Firm Made Them Sign Away Their Rights First China’s Sino-Metals Leach Zambia spilled toxic sludge into communities and rivers, an accident that could cost billions to clean up and restore. The firm got impoverished and often illiterate villagers to…
Russia’s metals industry is facing a wave of layoffs and reduced working hours as demand slumps and financial pressures mount, Reuters reported Thursday, citing industry sources. Nearly 700,000 people are employed in Russia’s metallurgical industry, one of the country’s key non-energy sectors that…
TOKYO, Sept 5 (Reuters) – JX Advanced Metals will likely cut copper production by tens of thousands of metric tons in fiscal 2025 compared with earlier plans and unveil a roadmap to reduce smelting capacity by March, President Yoichi Hayashi…
Opinion: Global demand for copper, lithium and other metals is soaring while supply chains remain vulnerable and China dominates refining; by leveraging its strengths in chemistry, AI and recycling, Israel can help reinvent processing and secure its future. The world…