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Ukraine minerals deal: the idea that natural resource extraction can build peace has been around for decades

Ukraine has finally signed its minerals agreement with the US. The deal states that Washington will eventually receive a share of the profits from the sale of Ukrainian natural resources, providing an economic incentive to continue investing in Ukraine’s defence and reconstruction.

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Losing its sparkle: Colombia’s emerald capital weighs the cost of its precious stones

As big companies and informal miners blame each other for the damage to rivers and forests, mining risks long-term harm to those living nearby

The Guardian - UK

Current legal frameworks can’t protect the oceans from deep-sea mining and the negative impacts on humankind

The international legal order is floundering. The geopolitical and resource policy priorities of the United States are shifting.

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As Bitcoin Prices Push Back Above $90K, Analysts Are Touting This 1 ‘Strong Buy’ Crypto Stock

Analysts think this stock could more than double over the next 12 months.

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HSBC accused of ‘bulldozing through’ key climate policy with $1bn Glencore deal

New analysis from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Independent has found that in May 2023 the bank helped raise funds for the mining giant despite climate promises

The Independent UK

UN Body Warns Over Trump's Deep-sea Mining Order

The head of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) on Wednesday criticized US President Donald Trump's order to fast-track deep-sea mining in the open ocean outside American territorial waters.

International Business Times

Industrial Waste for Regenerative Growth: Steve Wood Reimagines Energy Waste Through Industrial Symbiosis

Data centers globally are estimated to consume around 1% of the world's electricity. Cryptocurrency mining adds to the issue.

International Business Times

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3 High-Momentum Gold Stocks Surging on the Metals Rally

While gold's rally has fueled big gains for many mining companies, these three stocks in particular have benefited; will they continue to see future momentum?

MarketBeat

Canadian Firm Makes First Bid For International Seabed Mining License

Canada's The Metals Company said Tuesday it applied to the United States to mine deep-sea minerals in international waters, a world first made possible by President Donald Trump's embrace of the industry.

International Business Times

Canadian company turns to Trump for permission to mine international waters, bypassing a UN agency

A Canadian company has announced that its U.S. subsidiary has submitted applications to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to mine the seafloor

The Independent UK

Ghana’s citizens have a right to protest: what does the law say about restricting it?

Ghana’s attorney general and minister of justice dropped charges against members of Democracy Hub, a civil society group, in February 2025, after four months of prosecution. The group had organised a protest in September 2024 against the widespread destruction and contamination of the country’s water bodies by persons and gangs…

The Conversation

Bitcoin mining now just totes unprofitable, costing over $137,000 to mine just one BTC in the US and near $200,000 per coin in Germany

With coins pricing at around $90,000 the math just doesn't add up.

PC Gamer

European Commission questions legality of US seabed mining plans

The EU executive “deeply regrets” President Trump’s decision to promote deep-sea mining in international waters, joining a chorus of voices questioning the legality of Washington’s latest bid to secure supplies of lithium, rare earth metals and other critical raw materials.

Euronews

Gold Miners Ready for Breakout Amid Record High Prices

Sustained higher gold prices support mining stocks, such as Agnico Eagle Mines and Freeport-McMoRan, which are expected to be the next part of gold's big move

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Secrets of Ecuador’s weird rare shrooms

The real world analog of "Common Side Effects" underscores the loss of biodiversity before we even know what's gone

The Conversation

Why the energy transition won’t be green until mine waste disasters are prevented

On February 18, contamination in the Kafue river, Zambia, led to a mass death of fish. Its water turned a deathly grey and adjacent farmland was poisoned. The drinking water it supplied to half a million residents of the town of Kitwe was suddenly cut off.

Euronews

Trump moves to start deep-sea mining in international waters

In his latest move to secure supplies of critical raw materials, the US president has instructed federal officials to expedite the opening up of America’s continental shelf to mining companies, and in a potentially explosive move, wants to allow US firms to mine in international waters.

Al Jazeera

Trump signs controversial order to boost deep-sea mining industry

The executive order will help private deep-sea mining companies to access mineral-rich nodules on the sea floor.

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Trump signs executive order to ramp up US deep-sea mining

US President Donald Trump has defied international norms on the nascent field of deep-sea mining, signing an executive order expanding the practice for rare earth minerals in domestic and international waters.

International Business Times

Trump Signs Order To Ramp Up US Deep-sea Mining

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to expand US deep-sea mining for rare earth minerals in domestic and international waters, despite warnings by environmental groups.

The Guardian - US

US interior agency to fast track fossil fuel and mining permits over ‘fake emergency’

Department cites Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ declaration to expedite permissions from multiple years to 28 days

Euronews

'Savanna and the Mountain': How one rural Portuguese community fought a British lithium mining giant

The film, on general release across Portugal from this Friday, gives voice to a northern mountainous regional rural community that's fighting the lithium extraction project led by British mining company, Savannah Resources.

AAP

PM out to prove he's best for the west in mining, rail

In his third visit to Western Australia while campaigning, Anthony Albanese hopes sandgroper parochialism will help pave a path to victory.

The Guardian - AU

Inside the world of ‘skimpies’: the barmaids in bras who pour pints in Australia’s mining towns

Most skimpy bars have signs that say ‘no photos of the girls’ – but photographer M Ellen Burns earned the women’s trust to capture what their life is really like

The Conversation

Trump administration pauses new mine safety regulation − here’s how those rules benefit companies as well as workers

President Donald Trump’s administration has announced its intention to pause or reverse regulations on mine safety, saying it wants to loosen rules that constrain companies. But as a scholar of both engineering and public policy, with a focus on the risk of exposures to air pollutants and other safety issues,…

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