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US Mining Plan Will Sacrifice Mexico's Environment for Weapons and Tech
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. The U.S. and Mexico have established a mining agreement which has Indigenous and other residents of…
Proposed mining near the BWCA: Questions and answers
MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Senate voted 50–49 Thursday to reverse a 20-year federal moratorium on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Social media has been flooded with questions and misinformation since the vote. Is…
Trump blasts NATO over Hormuz-but Germany excels at clearing naval mines
President Donald Trump criticized NATO on Friday as he announced that Iran had declared the Strait of Hormuz “fully open and ready for full passage,” according to posts on Truth Social. In a follow‑up message, Trump said NATO…
Soaring Tungsten Prices Add Impetus to Vietnam Mine Sale Effort
Some 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Hanoi, in Thai Nguyen province, a massive open-cut mine tears into the landscape. Ringed by dense, green hills, the vast, stepped crater is raw gray and brown. Along its sides, huge trucks creep along, while a…
Iron will: Australia's richest person counts the cost as court orders she share mining millions with rival family
Australia's richest person is reeling after a landmark court decision found her company must pay royalties worth hundreds of millions of dollars to a rival mining dynasty. Gina Rinehart, a multibillionaire with political connections in both the…
IIT Kharagpur launches Rs 15 cr AI centre for mining innovation
The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur on April 16 announced the launch of the Vikram Sodhi Centre of Excellence for AI-Enabled Geological and Mining Systems. Conceived as an interdisciplinary research hub, the centre has been established…
This Bitcoin mining pool lets users keep a whole BTC. It just found its second block
A bitcoin mining pool built to reject both the industrial pay-per-share model and the pure lottery approach has now proved its design works. Twice. Upstart mining pool Parasite Pool mined block 945,601 on Friday morning, its second block since…
AI is a gold mine for spammers and scammers, but Google is using it as a tool to fight back
From an advertisement for an herbal remedy that promises to cure all to a video featuring a voice that sounds just like a movie star, you've surely encountered spam and scam advertisements online. And they have likely been created with artificial…
Milei opens up Argentina's glaciers to destruction by mining companies
In the summer of 2025, southern Argentina's Patagonia region was overwhelmed by fires that burned over 270,000 acres of forests, and thousands of homes. The fires were attributed to a decade-long dry spell combined with very high temperatures.
B.C. judge grants U.S.-based Indigenous group a role in legal fight over Kootenay mine
A B.C. judge has granted status to a U.S. Indigenous band, which means they will have a role in a legal fight over a proposed mine in the Kootenays. The Sinixt Confederacy — part of the Washington-headquartered Colville Confederated Tribes…
Mining Stocks To Research - April 18th
A Diamond Quality Entry in DIA ETF, or Is It Time to Get Out? Caterpillar, IREN, and Freeport-McMoRan are the three Mining stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat's stock screener tool. Mining stocks are shares of publicly traded companies…
Local communities continue fight to protect the Aravallis from mining destruction
Over two billion years old, the Aravalli mountain range in north-western India feels like an oasis running through Rajasthan's hot, arid landscape. Its rolling hills, biodiverse forests and water bodies form a massive green wall protecting the rest…
MASSIVE 600 ton Liebherr mining excavator converted from diesel to electric
In a move the company is calling breakthrough initiative, Lloyds Metals and Energy have successfully converted one of their massive, 650-ton class Liebherr R 996 excavators from diesel power to fully electric for the first time – and it…
Australian Minister Says Fuel Reserves Up, More Shipments on Way
Australia's fuel reserves rose in the past week and more is on the way, Energy Minister Chris Bowen said, easing concern of shortages in the import-reliant country. The country has 46 days of petrol on hand, Bowen told a media conference in Sydney…
Maryland to Become First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing That Charges More After Mining Personal Data
Maryland is set to become the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in retail grocery stores, after the legislature last week passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act. Also known as dynamic or personalized pricing, surveillance pricing…
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