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Is Russia poisoning Namibia’s water in its hunt for uranium?

Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom is trying to drill for uranium in Namibia. Farmers say a key aquifer is at risk.

Al Jazeera

Future Of Deep-sea Mining Stands At A Crucial Juncture

Torn between the defenders of the world's seabeds and industrialists eager to exploit the vast, untapped resources of the deep, the international community faces a crucial year that could decide the future of mining in the high seas.

International Business Times

Newmont Sells Mine For $795 Million, Barrick Expands Reserves; Top Miners Unfazed By Underperformance

The Éléonore sale follows Newmont's strategy to divest non-core assets following its milestone acquisition of Newcrest Mining in 2023.

Benzinga

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Miners trapped underground in South Africa: What’s the latest?

Officials have arrested a group of 14 people who emerged unassisted, including a teenage boy.

Al Jazeera

Rebel Group Seizes Key Trading Town In Myanmar

Kachin Independence Army's capture of Kanpaiti impacts Myanmar's rare earth mining and border dynamics, raising tensions with ethnic militias.

Top News

Rebel group takes key Myanmar border town and rare earth mining hub in setback for military regime

Witnesses say a powerful rebel group has seized a key trading town in northeastern Myanmar on the Chinese border, taking control of a lucrative rare earth mining hub in another setback for the military-led government

The Independent UK

Uncontacted hunter-gatherers facing threat of genocide because of minerals mining, claims report

Survival International says Hongana Manyawa in Indonesia are at risk but mining company says the people in ‘voluntary’ contact with workers

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Crypto miners must register with state and reveal power usage under new Texas rule

The Public Utility Commission of Texas adopted the rule amid surging demand for power across the state and a growing crypto mining industry in Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Copper's High-Wire Act: Can EVs, New Tech Power The Metal's Next Big Surge?

Copper market faces short-term hurdles but EVs, new technologies to boost demand. Bullish long-term. Top picks: Lundin Mining, Teck Resources, Zijin Mining, Merdeka Copper.

Benzinga

Hudbay Minerals Inc.: A Mining Stock to Consider Amidst Commodity Demand?

Hudbay Minerals (HBM) easily beat the analysts’ expectations on the top and bottom lines in the third quarter of 2024. Solid market demand for minerals, strategic alliances, favorable regulatory outcomes, and robust financial performance are key drivers of the company’s continued growth. So, let’s determine whether Hudbay Minerals is an…

StockNews.com

Polluted rivers, uprooted farmland and lost taxes: Ghana counts cost of illegal gold mining boom

Estimated $2bn lost in missed taxes from environmentally destructive practice some blame on political corruption

The Guardian - UK

Will Silver Trade at New Record Highs in 2025?

Silver prices have been making higher lows and higher highs since the March 2020 pandemic-inspired low. In October 2024, the price probed above the $35 level for the first time since October 2012, and silver could be on the path of a challenge of the 2011 and 1980 highs.

Barchart

Couer Mining's Silver Prospects: Is CDE a Hidden Gem in the Mining Sector?

Coeur Mining's (CDE) third-quarter results easily beat analysts’ expectations. While its strategic initiatives are fueling its production and revenue levels with higher margins, the stock has remained volatile. So, should you invest in this stock today? Read more to find out.

StockNews.com

Graduate students explore America’s polarized landscape via train in this course

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation

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The Guardian - AU

‘The transition should NOT be slowed down’: energy story in The Australian wrongfooted by mining giant

Exclusive: Glencore says it did not call on federal government to slow shift from coal to renewables, contradicting News Corp paper’s front-page quotation

The Conversation

Illegal mining clampdown in South Africa: treating desperate people like criminals is an injustice – legal scholar

Illegal artisanal gold mining in South Africa is in the spotlight again. Under Operation Vala Umgodi (“plug the hole”), South African authorities have since December 2023 been trying to disrupt the illicit gold mining economy by cutting off water, food and other supplies to the miners working underground.

Caixin Global

Weekly Must-Read: China Digs In to Boost Mining in Democratic Republic of Congo

Booming metals demand from EVs and AI dangle riches for Chinese, DRC companies

The Guardian - UK

British mining executives held in Mali freed after $160m deal to settle tax dispute

Resolute Mining chief executive Terence Holohan and two employees had been held since 9 November

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Fortune

Inflation, China’s stumbling economy, and apocalyptic fear are driving a new gold boom. Investors think this time there’ll be no bust

Elko, Nev., site of the largest gold mine in the world, bears little resemblance to the gold rush town it once was.

The Guardian - AU

Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison tells shareholders ‘I hate what I’ve done’ after scandals rock company

Perth businessman tells AGM he made ‘error in judgment’ as company’s executive pay plans are voted down

Reason

Mining Is Safer, Cleaner, and More Ethical in America. So Why Do Environmentalists Stand in the Way?

The U.S. now ranks second to last in the time it takes to develop a new mine—roughly 29 years. Only Zambia is worse.

The Independent UK

Operation ‘Close the Hole’: What to know about a standoff between police and trapped miners in South Africa

The illegal miners are known as zama-zamas or ‘hustlers’ in the Zulu language

AAP

Rio to take full control of uranium mine near Kakadu

Rio Tinto plans to compulsorily acquire shares in Energy Resources of Australia and get on with rehabilitating the Ranger uranium mine surrounded by Kakadu.

The Guardian - UK

Rio Tinto review shows rise in rape and bullying reports

Bullying claims linked to diversity programme ‘retaliation’, despite efforts to improve workplace culture

The Conversation

The NT and ACT might have small populations but their economies are growing faster than the bigger states

The Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory have won bragging rights for having the fastest growing economies within Australia.

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