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Glencore's £3.5 bn Kazakh mining deal raises important questions

Little detail has been disclosed publicly about the funding structure behind the proposed Kazzinc purchase

Evening Standard

U.S. Can't Dislodge Guerrillas From Venezuela's Gold and Coltan Flow, Experts Say: 'They Understand Mining Is the Future'

Armed guerrilla groups entrenched in southern Venezuela continue to control vast gold and coltan deposits despite Washington's efforts to reshape the country's political and economic landscape after Nicolás Maduro's capture on January 3

Latin Times

South Africa plans to deploy army as soldiers set to hit the streets

Neighborhoods on the outskirts of Cape Town, known as the Cape Flats, are notorious for deadly gang violence

The Independent UK

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Why lithium is not the answer to oil

Lithium's journey from the Big Bang to powering electric vehicles highlights unsustainable mining practices. The article argues for a Rights of Nature approach over critical minerals, criticizing oversized EVs and market-driven resource nationalism. True sustainability requires shifting from infinite growth logic to valuing nature's complexity, not just changing fuels.

The Times of India

An early version of Stardew Valley's mines featured an 'underground goblin village' before ConcernedApe scrapped it

Goblin mode denied.

PC Gamer

Gains for Rolls-Royce and LSEG offset mining slump

The FTSE 100 index ended up 40.29 points, 0.4%, at 10,846.70, a record close.

Evening Standard

Hycroft Mining: A High-Risk Mining Play With a Huge Potential Payoff

Hycroft Mining's major new mineral resource estimate suggests the company could be sitting on about $50 billion in gold and silver, but can it follow through?

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Traditional owners sue Western Australia government for $1.5bn to clean up toxic asbestos at Wittenoom

Town in the state’s Pilbara region was the site of three blue asbestos mines and has been described as ‘the largest contaminated site in the southern hemisphere’

The Guardian - AU

‘We’ll be buried alive’: Mining turns homes in Rajasthan’s villages into death traps

“Houses have developed cracks because of mining. School buildings are damaged. We will certainly be buried alive under these unsafe houses. It’s safer to live under a tent,” Netram, a sarpanch representative at Ajeetpura village in Kotputli-Behror district of Rajasthan, said while protesting at a dharna against National Limestone Company…

Newslaundry

This Dividend Stock Has Been the Ultimate 'Trump Trade': Should You Buy?

AngloGold Ashanti shares have risen nearly fourfold over the last year. The company also has a healthy trailing dividend yield of 3%.

Barchart

US accused of ‘shameless exploitation’ over proposed Zambian health aid deal

Leaked draft of $1bn memorandum of understanding reveals mandatory targets, sharing of data, and reported access to mining concessions

The Guardian - UK

Used electric vehicle batteries find new life bolstering the Texas grid

A company is repurposing the batteries to store electricity and sell it to the grid when power from wind and solar dwindles.

The Texas Tribune

Illegal gold mining surges into new parts of Peru’s Amazon, threatening rivers and lives

Illegal gold mining is spreading into new parts of Peru’s Amazon, and experts say it is driving a growing environmental and health crisis

The Independent UK

‘We’re hungry, there are no jobs’: a South African township’s desperate gold rush

A rumour on social media brought dozens of fortune seekers to a field on the outskirts of mining town Springs

The Guardian - UK

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AAP

Coal miners dudded by 'inferior' transition help

Councils, unions and other groups have voiced support for the inclusion of export coal mine workers in the flagship federal workforce transition program.

MarketBeat

Gold and Silver Pulled Back—Here’s Why the Bull Case Is Intact

Gold and silver prices remain in a long-term uptrend. These three mining stocks offer leveraged exposure to rising metals demand and improving fundamentals

AAP

Green groups slam ministerial exemption for Alcoa mine

Conservationists are outraged that a minister has used national interest provisions to continue strip-mining a forest ecosystem.

Space

Scientists successfully mine meteorites on International Space Station — using microbes

Can we use fungus to mine precious metals from asteroids?

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The Guardian - AU

Australia-US minerals deal underpinned decision to allow Alcoa to keep clearing WA forest, document reveals

Document also shows US miner had been unlawfully clearing land for 15 years despite warnings from department

Evening Standard

Anglo American slashes value of De Beers diamond business by another £1.7bn

The FTSE 100 mining giant reported net losses of 3.7 billion dollars (£2.8 billion) in 2025 due largely to the massive impairment charge on De Beers.

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand bug of the year: moth named Avatar after mining threat crowned winner

Arctesthes avatar moth, which won nearly half of the votes, was discovered in 2012 and is critically endangered

MarketBeat

Forget Chips, Buy Wires: BHP Hits Highs as Copper Overtakes Iron

Smart money is rotating into the mining sector as the artificial intelligence boom creates a massive supply shock for essential physical infrastructure.

The Times of India

Nigeria: At least 37 dead, several injured after toxic gas leak in mine

A toxic gas leak at a mining site in Nigeria's Plateau state has killed at least 37 people and hospitalized 26. Preliminary findings indicate a sudden discharge of lead oxide, sulfur, and carbon monoxide gases inside the mine. Authorities have closed the site and launched an investigation into the incident.

The Conversation

South Africa is sending in the army to fight crime (again). Does it ever work?

Soldiers from the South African National Defence Force are going to be deployed alongside members of the South African Police Service to combat gangs and armed groups associated with illegal mining.

Barchart

Stocks Settle Higher on Signs of US Economic Strength

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Wednesday closed up +0.56%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.26%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.80%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH26 ) rose +0.52%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...

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