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ROTTERDAM, SOUTH HOLLAND, NETHERLANDS – 2022/02/08: The deep-sea creatures on board the Luciana and the mining vessel Hidden Gem seen in the background, during the demonstration. Ocean Rebellions…
Read more Norway defends deep-sea mining, says it may help to break China and Russia’s rare earths strongholdViewing cryptocurrency as “digital gold” may be a mistake. State Street Global Advisors’ George Milling-Stanley, whose firm runs the world’s largest gold exchange-traded fund, believes cryptocurrency is no…
Read more Why substituting cryptocurrency for gold exposure may be a costly mistakeTesla CEO Elon Musk. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images Mongolia’s prime minister Luvsannamsrai Oyun-Erdene and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday discussed possible expansion and investments…
Read more Elon Musk discussed a possible Mongolia expansion with the country’s prime ministerThe price of platinum has soared as high demand meets low supply. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Platinum posted its best quarter since 2008, as China…
Read more Platinum surged to its best quarter since 2008ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed restrictions that would block plans for a copper and gold mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region that…
Read more EPA proposes restrictions to block proposed Alaska mineALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Workers at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository have started using a newly mined disposal area at the underground facility in southern New Mexico.…
Read more US nuclear waste repository begins filling new disposal areaA lithium-ion battery photographed at a Volkswagen facility in Germany. Lithium-ion batteries are crucial components in electric vehicles. Jan Woitas | Picture Alliance | Getty Images LONDON —…
Read more UK’s first large-scale lithium refinery chooses location as race for ‘white gold’ intensifiesAMASRA, Turkey — The death toll from a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey rose to at least 28 people and rescue efforts continued as a fire burned…
Read more Death toll rises to 28 in Turkey coal mine explosionMiners carry the body of a victim in Amasra, in the Black Sea coastal province of Bartin, Turkey, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022. An official says an explosion inside…
Read more Official: 14 dead, 28 hurt after blast in Turkish coal mineJust a couple of years ago, it seemed that space mining was inevitable. Analysts, tech visionaries and even renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson predicted that space mining was…
Read more The first crop of space mining companies didn’t work out, but a new generation is trying againNEW DELHI, India — The queues outside petrol pumps in Sri Lanka have lessened, but not the anxiety. Asanka Sampath, a 43-year-old factory clerk, is forever vigilant. He…
Read more What the war in Ukraine means for Asia’s climate goalsNEW DELHI, India — The queues outside petrol pumps in Sri Lanka have lessened, but not the anxiety. Asanka Sampath, a 43-year-old factory clerk, is forever vigilant. He…
Read more What the war in Ukraine means for Asia’s climate goals
