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Something akin to the California Gold Rush is happening in the Eastern Pacific—an international mad dash, not for one precious metal but for vast quantities of minerals scattered across the ocean floor—vital for everything from electric cars to defense systems. To avoid a free-for-all, 168 countries—including China—have signed on to the United Nations’ Law of […]

Black Lung Resurgence Prompts New Mining Rules  The Wall Street Journal Source link

Gerson, J. R. et al. Artificial lake expansion amplifies mercury pollution from gold mining. Sci. Adv. 6, eabd4953 (2020). Article 

Indigenous activists praised a recent federal government proposal to ban new mineral exploration in a swath of South Dakota’s Black Hills National Forest for 20 years but said it falls short by still allowing ongoing mining projects.  The U.S. Forest Service put forth a plan Tuesday to prohibit all new mineral exploration near one of […]

Canada’s Hut 8 Mining to merge with US Bitcoin to weather crypto …  Reuters Source link

FTSE 100 up 0.3%, FTSE 250 off 0.2% Jan 11 (Reuters) – UK’s exporter-heavy FTSE 100 edged higher on Wednesday, as mining stocks gained on firmer metals prices, while investors awaited U.S. inflation reading due this week to gauge the Federal Reserve’s next move on rate hikes.

CHAMBERY, France (AP) — A Ukrainian billionaire and former legislator suspected of embezzling tens of millions of dollars was ordered freed from French custody on $1 million bail Thursday, after he called the Ukrainian case against him politically driven and declared he wants to fight Russians who invaded his country. Mining magnate Kostiantyn Zhevago, 48, […]

NAHRIN, Afghanistan — On weekdays, when most kids around the world are at school, 12-year-old Mansour is in the middle of a grueling shift at the coal mines. Deep inside a tunnel carved into the side of a blackened mountain, the young boy waits under the flickering glow of his headlamp as older boys pry […]

Brown Venture Group is a Black owned VC firm and venture studio exclusively focused on Black, Latino, and Native American technology entrepreneurs. The Minnesota-based firm provides technology founders of color with investment capital, training, and professional networks that assist in launching and scaling tech-based startups. We caught up with Dr. Chris Brooks, co-founder and managing […]

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Mining claims will be prohibited for at least another 20 years on land in east-central Idaho and western Montana where Lewis and Clark crossed the Continental Divide in 1805, U.S. officials said Thursday. The U.S. Department of the Interior posted a public land order that takes effect Dec. 22 and extends […]


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