Thousands of jobs at risk as miner pleads for support A major mining company says it might have to mothball two of its operations, putting thousands of jobs in danger, if more government support is not offered. AAP · Jul 23, 2025
Trump A Boon For Deep-sea Mining: Industry Boss A leading deep-sea mining company in the paradisal Cook Islands is aiming to start commercial production by 2030, spurred on by Donald Trump's recent backing for the much-maligned industry. International Business Times · Jul 23, 2025
The Pacific Island Nation That Wants To Mine The Ocean Floor A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, spearheading efforts to dredge the tropical waters for industrial deep-sea mining. International Business Times · Jul 23, 2025
Yellowknife’s Giant Mine: Canada downplayed arsenic exposure as an Indigenous community was poisoned Decades of gold mining at Giant Mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, has left a toxic legacy: 237,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide dust stored in underground chambers. The Conversation · Jul 22, 2025
Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower in return for opaque assurances of security. The Conversation · Jul 21, 2025
Ghana has a rare treasure, a crater made when a meteor hit Earth: why it needs to be protected Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes the Earth at a very high velocity. This leaves an excavated circular hole on the Earth’s surface. The Conversation · Jul 21, 2025
As Bitcoin Hits New Highs, These 3 Stocks Could Explode As Bitcoin prices reach new all-time highs, there is a very real gap growing in these crypto mining stocks to rally as a response to better financial growth. MarketBeat · Jul 21, 2025
Option Volatility And Earnings Report For July 21 - 25 It’s a pivotal week for earnings this week with some big names set to report including Tesla, Alphabet, Intel, Verizon, Freeport McMoran and Newmont Mining. Barchart · Jul 21, 2025
Bitcoin Miner IREN Could Surge 1,572% As SOTP Valuation Pegs $300 Target — Hedge Fund Manager Eric Jackson Says, 'We're Cooking With Gas' IREN Ltd. (NASDAQ:IREN), a renewable-powered data center and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) mining company, may be significantly undervalued, according to a detailed “sum of the parts” (SOTP) analysis circulating on X, as highlighted by Eric Jackson, the founder of EMJ Capital. Benzinga · Jul 21, 2025
Families torn apart, charges of kidnap and theft: how plans for a giant mine have sown distrust and unrest in the hills of Jericó Activists who object to plans for Colombia’s biggest copper mine as a serious threat to the environment are fighting legal action initiated by AngloGold Ashanti. But some in the community say the venture will bring investment The Guardian - UK · Jul 21, 2025
Solve the bottleneck of cloud mining: Ethransaction Platform One-Stop Cryptocurrency Mining is Simple, Convenient and Stable At present, in the cryptocurrency industry, mining has always been one of the important ways to obtain digital assets, but traditional mining requires high hardware costs, professional technology and stable power supply, which makes many investors discouraged inkl · Jul 21, 2025
Four dead after two-car crash in remote central Queensland Two others seriously injured and Capricorn Highway closed between mining towns Comet and Blackwater amid horror weekend on Queensland roads The Guardian - AU · Jul 20, 2025
Restoring Sea Floor After Mining May Not Be Possible, Researchers Warn Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible to restore damaged sea floor ecosystems -- or how long it would take. International Business Times · Jul 20, 2025
These 3 Rare Earth Stocks Are Surging Alongside MP Materials MP Materials is leading gains in rare-earth minerals stocks after announcing huge deals. With rare-earths in the spotlight, these three names are surging too. MarketBeat · Jul 19, 2025
Barchart · Jul 18, 2025 Could the Pentagon’s $550 Million Bet on Rare Earths Signal the Next Market Boom? A deep dive into why the U.S. government is backing rare earth mining; plus, the tiny companies flying under the radar.
International Business Times · Jul 18, 2025 New Deep Sea Mining Rules Lack Consensus Despite US Pressure After two weeks of negotiations, the International Seabed Authority (ISA) is still far from finalizing rules for extracting coveted metals on the high seas despite heightened pressure triggered by US efforts to fast-track the controversial practice.
Benzinga · Jul 18, 2025 LQR House Crashes 62% After-Hours As Crypto Bet Backfires — CEO Calls It 'Expansion,' But Investors Flee After DeFi Icon Robert Leshner Walks Away Amid Bitcoin Treasury Plans LQR House Inc. (NASDAQ:YHC) shares plummeted 62.10% in after-hours trading on Thursday, closing at $2.49 after the company announced plans to integrate cryptocurrency and blockchain technology into its business model. What Happened: The Miami Beach-based spirits ecommerce platform dropped 38.77% during regular trading to $6.57 before the after-hours decline. Year-to-date,…
The Conversation · Jul 17, 2025 From coal to crops: Dayak women lead a just transition through backyard farming The global shift toward renewable energy is no longer a choice but a necessity: the climate crisis intensifies, with 2024 confirmed as the warmest year on record.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2025 Mining companies are pumping seawater into the driest place on Earth. But has the damage been done? In Chile’s drought-stricken Atacama desert, Indigenous people say desalination plants cannot counter the impact of intensive lithium and copper mining on local water sources
Barchart · Jul 16, 2025 This Dividend Stock Has Doubled in 2025. Is It Still a Buy? Anglogold Ashanti stock has more than doubled in 2025, but still looks like a good buy as it can deliver both capital gains and strong dividends over the medium term.
The Independent UK · Jul 16, 2025 Indigenous Wampis are ambushed in Peru after government backs out of anti-mining joint patrol An attack by armed assailants on a patrol of a mission by the Indigenous Wampis guards last week in the Peruvian Amazon has again brought into focus the issue of illegal gold mining in the ancestral territory
The Guardian - US · Jul 16, 2025 Apple inks $500m deal for rare earth magnets with US mining firm China supplies most rare earth magnets to electronics manufacturers, but curbed exports earlier this year
Benzinga · Jul 15, 2025 Lockheed Revives Plans For Pacific Deep Sea Mining Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) is re-entering deep-sea mining and talking to potential partners about activating two exploration zones it holds in the lucrative Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) in the Pacific Ocean.
AAP · Jul 15, 2025 Global mining group taps Australian as new CEO One of the world's largest mining companies, Rio Tinto, has promoted its Australian-based iron ore boss to become chief executive.
Benzinga · Jul 14, 2025 BHP Partners With BYD's FinDreams For Mine Electrification A leading global miner, BHP (NYSE:BHP), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with FinDreams Battery Co., a subsidiary of the Chinese EV and battery manufacturer BYD Group (OTCPK: BYDDF).