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The pope knows Peru's mines firsthand, but a top banker is pleading with him to change his mind on rare earths
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (654+ words) The head of Latin America's top development bank made a pitch to Pope Leo XIV this week in the face of the Vatican's call to divest from the mining industry: that the mistakes of the past can be avoided in…...
America's New Critical Minerals Playbook
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (1283+ words) People collect copper and cobalt stones at an artisanal mine on May 26, 2025 in Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo. "Michel Lunanga-Getty Images When President Donald Trump met China's leader Xi Jinping in Beijing in May, an economic chokepoint hovered over their…...
This historic Nevada mining town has seen better days. Trump is excavating hope
6+ day, 8+ hour ago (1441+ words) TONOPAH, Nev. Some years ago, Harry Chahal and his wife were on a trip to Las Vegas when, like countless motorists before and since, they passed through this high desert speck of a town. Tonopah, built by the mining industry…...
At least 90 dead in China coal mine explosion
4+ week, 12+ hour ago (236+ words) The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal "mine in northern China's Shanxi province has jumped to "90, state media CCTV reported on Saturday. The gas explosion occurred late on Friday at the Liushenyu coal mine in Qinyuan county,…...
How China Could Wield Its Control of Rare Earths Against Trump
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1004+ words) As President Trump prepares to meet China's top leader at a summit in Beijing this week, one of the most pressing issues facing the United States, the European Union and Japan lies in China's restrictions on exports of rare-earth metals…...
What the War Is Doing to an Essential Metal
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (276+ words) For true fans of Diet Coke, soda is sacrament, and reverence comes with strict parameters. The fountain version served at Mc Donald's is thought to represent the peak of the form, but given the choice between plastic, glass, and metal…...
Illegal Miners Loot Amazon Rainforest for Critical Minerals
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1409+ words) The Amazon rainforest has been plundered for decades for rubber, timber and gold. Now, illegal prospectors are setting their sights on a new treasure: critical minerals coveted by much of the world. A new frontier of criminality is emerging in…...
Canada Is a World Leader on Clean Gold, if You Don't Look Too Closely
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (784+ words) In the shadowy global gold industry, where terrorists, drug dealers and dictators launder illegally mined gold into the mainstream market, one major supplier says buyers can count on its product to be clean and ethically sourced. The Royal Canadian Mint…...
U. S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as "American
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1819+ words) Every year, the United States Mint sells more than $1 billion of investment-grade gold coins. Each is stamped with an icon like the bald eagle, signifying the government's guarantee, required by law, that the gold is 100 percent American. "To hold a…...
Venezuela Approves New Law to Open Mining to Foreign Investors
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1239+ words) The Venezuelan National Assembly on Thursday approved a new law meant to modernize the country's decrepit mining industry and lure private companies to excavate Venezuela's untapped riches of gold and critical minerals. The sweeping changes, in a Socialist-led country that…...