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upi.com - Chile faces mining labor shortage amid investment boom
Chile faces mining labor shortage amid investment boom
UPI

June 30 (UPI) -- Chile will need to add nearly 37,000 skilled workers over the next decade to support a planned $104.549 billion mining investment pipeline, with labor shortages emerging as one of the industry's biggest risks to bringing new…

bloomberg.com - David Fickling - This Mine Predicts Major Wars. It's Opening Again
This Mine Predicts Major Wars. It's Opening Again
Bloomberg

As Chinese sneakers, laptops and smartphones started flooding the world, the country's critical minerals were quietly doing the same thing. Mines elsewhere shut down, driven out of business by China's ultra-low prices. The Dolphin pit was one of…

livescience.com - Adam Shepherd - Dead-end bitcoin mining wastes as much energy as Switzerland's entire hydropower generation capacity
Dead-end bitcoin mining wastes as much energy as Switzerland's entire hydropower generation capacity
Live Science

Network latency in bitcoin mining is driving massive energy waste ‪—‬ the annual equivalent of the total generation capacity of Switzerland's entire hydroelectric power system, scientists say. This wasted energy results from…

aljazeera.com - Tafi Mhaka - Africa can finally mine, beneficiate and industrialise on its own terms
Africa can finally mine, beneficiate and industrialise on its own terms
Al Jazeera

At the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on June 17, Kenyan President William Ruto revealed that his country was nearing a critical minerals agreement with the United States. Far more significant was Kenya's insistence that its rare earths…

wsj.com - Elias Schisgall - Alcoa to Acquire Mining, Processing Assets From South32 for $4.1 Billion
Alcoa to Acquire Mining, Processing Assets From South32 for $4.1 Billion
Wall Street Journal

will acquire a set of interests in mining and processing assets from for about $4.1 billion in cash and stock. The deal includes stakes in a bauxite mine, alumina refinery, and aluminum smelter operations, Alcoa said Tuesday. It has an enterprise…

seekingalpha.com - Andres Veurink - Denison Mines: Can't Get Much Better Unit Economics Than This (NYSE:DNN)
Denison Mines: Can't Get Much Better Unit Economics Than This (NYSE:DNN)
Seeking Alpha

Denison Mines is rated Strong Buy, offering direct exposure to uranium's bullish supply-demand dynamics via its low-cost Canadian projects. DNN's flagship Wheeler River Project, with Phoenix Deposit construction commencing in Q2, targets production…

dw.com - Josh Axelrod - Germany saves forest from mining, US opens land to drilling
Germany saves forest from mining, US opens land to drilling
dw.com

The 12,000-year-old Hambach forest has lived through many eras, but perhaps none as consequential as the last half-century. Locals and environmentalists have been fighting for 50 years to keep the woodland — which sits between the western…

businessinsider.com - Lauren McDonnell - I help American families move abroad like mine did. Here are my 5 best tips for actually making relocation a reality.
I help American families move abroad like mine did. Here are my 5 best tips for actually making relocation a reality.
Business Insider

I relocated to the Netherlands with my kids two years ago and have since helped many Americans call new countries home. Typically, I talk to two types of people considering a move abroad. The first type has been 'planning to move' for years.

nypost.com - Caitlin Doornbos - Iran says it won't 'allow' other countries to de-mine the Strait of Hormuz
Iran says it won't 'allow' other countries to de-mine the Strait of Hormuz
New York Post

Iran will not “allow” other countries to de-mine the Strait of Hormuz, declaring only Tehran will take on the responsibility, according to its foreign ministry — despite expert analysis that it doesn't have the capability.

newswire.ca - First Mining Gold Corp. - First Mining Receives Federal Approval for the Springpole Gold Project Environmental Assessment
First Mining Receives Federal Approval for the Springpole Gold Project Environmental Assessment
CNW

VANCOUVER, BC, June 30, 2026 /CNW/ - First Mining Gold Corp. ('First Mining' or the 'Company') (TSX: FF) (OTCQX: FFMGF) (FRANKFURT: FMG) is pleased to announce that the Springpole Gold Project (the 'Project' or the 'Springpole Project') has…

newswire.ca - First Mining Gold Corp. - First Mining and Slate Falls Nation Agree to Key Terms of Project Agreement for Springpole Gold Project
First Mining and Slate Falls Nation Agree to Key Terms of Project Agreement for Springpole Gold Project
CNW

VANCOUVER, BC, June 30, 2026 /CNW/ - First Mining Gold Corp. ('First Mining' or the 'Company') (TSX: FF) (OTCQX: FFMGF) (FRANKFURT: FMG) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement (the 'Term Sheet Agreement') with Slate Falls…

castanet.net - Thompson Rivers University - Leap of faith leads to fulfilling mining career
Leap of faith leads to fulfilling mining career
Castanet.net

Lisanna Lewis (UCC ‘94) never planned to have a career in mining, but 22 years in, she is grateful she swallowed her fear and said yes to a new opportunity. In 2004, Lewis was employed full-time and working to complete her accounting degree.

mumsnet.com - I don't think there is any way to stop people calling me a completely different name to mine
I don't think there is any way to stop people calling me a completely different name to mine
Mumsnet

Please or to access all these features Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting. And I really wish it did not bother me, but it does. My name is very uncommon, but it is virtually…

indybay.org - Southern California Mining Expansion Challenged for Blocking Puma Movement
Southern California Mining Expansion Challenged for Blocking Puma Movement
Indybay

From the Open-Publishing Calendar From the Open-Publishing Newswire The county's planning commission gave the green light for Pacific Rock to expand operations near Camarillo and extract nearly 30 million tons of rock over the next 60 years. In its…

dailymail.com - Jon Michael Raasch For Dailymail.Com - Trump's own sons to score jaw-dropping amount after foreign mine deal
Trump's own sons to score jaw-dropping amount after foreign mine deal
Mail Online

SPECIAL OFFER: Sign up for our weekly US politics newsletter and get three FREE months of DailyMail+ HERE The sons of President Donald Trump are set to profit from a massive mineral deal in Asia, prompting outrage that the First Children are…

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