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Tag: Mining

Trump’s ‘Obsession’ with Critical Minerals Led Him to Greenland–for No Good Reason
Foreign Policy

Trump’s ‘Obsession’ with Critical Minerals Led Him to Greenland–for No Good Reason

January 19, 2026

Last July, Foreign Policy described President Trump as being “obsessed” with critical minerals—a byword for a host of commodities as common…

Environmentalism’s Cost in Cobalt, Antimony, Copper, and Silver: Critical Minerals in America
US Economy

Environmentalism’s Cost in Cobalt, Antimony, Copper, and Silver: Critical Minerals in America

January 16, 2026January 17, 2026

This is Part 3 of a 4-part story on the advent of critical minerals on markets and national security…

Rare Earths Are Not Nearly as Rare as the Capital Investment and Interest Needed to Develop Them
Global Economy

Rare Earths Are Not Nearly as Rare as the Capital Investment and Interest Needed to Develop Them

January 9, 2026

This is Part 2 of a 3-part story on the advent of critical minerals on markets and national security…

Are Critical Minerals Critical, or Just Neglected?
Global Economy

Are Critical Minerals Critical, or Just Neglected?

January 7, 2026January 9, 2026

This is Part 1 of a 3-part story on the advent of critical minerals on markets and national security…

Nuclear Energy and Uranium Futures Glowing After Big Announcements from Japan and India
Energy

Nuclear Energy and Uranium Futures Glowing After Big Announcements from Japan and India

November 7, 2025

More closely linked to political decisions than any other commodity or energy security, uranium, and the energy companies that…

How Scott Bessent Using a Leverage Buyout to “Save” Ukraine
Political Economy

How Scott Bessent Using a Leverage Buyout to “Save” Ukraine

August 1, 2025

Reprinted with permission from Germinal G. Van… Scott Bessent, the incumbent US Secretary of the Treasury, recently “bought” Ukraine…

China Believes it’s Found World’s Two Largest Gold Deposits Totaling 2,000 Tonnes—Right Within its Own Borders
Global Economy

China Believes it’s Found World’s Two Largest Gold Deposits Totaling 2,000 Tonnes—Right Within its Own Borders

March 28, 2025

Geologists in China have now reported that they have identified two new large gold deposits inside the country that,…

Skyrocketing Natural Resource Revenues Mean More Money For Conservation
Policy

Skyrocketing Natural Resource Revenues Mean More Money For Conservation

October 28, 2019

PICTURED: An offshore oil platform off the coast of Brazil. Photo credit wikimedia CC 3.0 Brazil. According to a…


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Andy Corbley December 8, 2025

Senior Kremlin officials have applauded Belgium’s stance regarding the seizure of some €215 billion in frozen Russian assets held…

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Andy Corbley October 31, 2025

Virtually all news outlets worldwide reporting on the Pentagon’s targeted killings of sailors in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific…

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