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afr.com - Brittney Levinson - 'Drill, baby, drill': Mining industry wants 'archaic' policy changed
'Drill, baby, drill': Mining industry wants 'archaic' policy changed
Australian Financial Review

The Crisafulli government has been accused of sending mixed messages to the mining industry and stifling investment as it faces calls to review a key policy developed under the Palaszczuk government in 2019. North West Phosphate managing director…

bloomberg.com - War Squeezes Global Mining as Diesel and Acid Supplies Tighten
War Squeezes Global Mining as Diesel and Acid Supplies Tighten
Bloomberg

From the Australian outback to Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the global mining industry is beginning to feel the effects of disruption caused by the war in Iran. War-driven snarl-ups are starting to ripple through supply chains…

scmp.com - Sylvia Ma - 'Paradigm shift': is China's deal with mining giant BHP a global yuan milestone?
'Paradigm shift': is China's deal with mining giant BHP a global yuan milestone?
South China Morning Post

Australian mining giant BHP's decision to adopt a yuan-denominated index for a major Chinese buyer poses a challenge to the US dollar's long-standing dominance in iron ore pricing, delivering a hard-won victory for Beijing, analysts said. But while…

seekingalpha.com - Gold Mining Bull - Wesdome Gold Mines: High-Grade Gold Production At A Reasonable Price (OTCMKTS:WDOFF)
Wesdome Gold Mines: High-Grade Gold Production At A Reasonable Price (OTCMKTS:WDOFF)
Seeking Alpha

Gold Mining Bull 15.34K Followers Wesdome Gold Mines (WDOFF) has surged 60%+ in a year, yet production growth, flat costs, and a pristine balance sheet support the valuation. WDOFF's focus on high-grade, Canadian-only operations, disciplined…

abc.net.au - Lani Oataway - Gold-mining giant releases details of earthquake recovery schedule
Gold-mining giant releases details of earthquake recovery schedule
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

One of the country's largest gold mines expects to reopen its underground facility in five weeks after an earthquake rattled the New South Wales Central West. Below ground operations at Newmont's Cadia site have been suspended since a magnitude-4.5…

newsone.com - joejurado - Trump Issues 'Shoot And Kill' Order For Mining Boats In Strait Of Hormuz
Trump Issues 'Shoot And Kill' Order For Mining Boats In Strait Of Hormuz
NewsOne

Another day, another development that makes President Donald Trump's claims that the war in Iran would be over within weeks look increasingly unlikely. While Trump indefinitely extended a ceasefire with Iran earlier this week, his order for the…

theguardian.com - Adam Fulton - Middle East crisis live: Trump orders US to 'shoot and kill' boats laying mines in Hormuz strait; Israel-Lebanon truce extended
Middle East crisis live: Trump orders US to 'shoot and kill' boats laying mines in Hormuz strait; Israel-Lebanon truce extended
The Guardian

Donald Trump has claimed that the infighting between moderates and hardliners in Iran's leadership is so intense that Iranians have “no idea who their leader is”, but many experts questioned his analysis, saying – given the…

theintercept.com - Sam Biddle - Palantir Is Helping Trump's IRS Conduct 'Massive-Scale' Data Mining
Palantir Is Helping Trump's IRS Conduct 'Massive-Scale' Data Mining
The Intercept

military contractor Palantir is helping the IRS analyze dozens of different data sets on Americans to investigate a broad range of financial crimes, according to records shared with The Intercept. Since 2018, the Internal Revenue Service's Criminal…

fortune.com - Jon Gambrell - America learned how to guard ships going through the mined Strait of Hormuz in the 1980s during the 'Tanker War'
America learned how to guard ships going through the mined Strait of Hormuz in the 1980s during the 'Tanker War'
Fortune

Naval mines bobbing in the waters of the Persian Gulf, threatening oil tankers. Iranian speed boats raking ships with machine-gun fire in the Strait of Hormuz. And the United States right in the middle of the fight. This isn't the current conflict…

newswire.ca - Deepvein Mining Tech Wins NY Product Design Gold for Exploration Robotics
Deepvein Mining Tech Wins NY Product Design Gold for Exploration Robotics
CNW

SHANGHAI, April 23, 2026 /CNW/ -- Deepvein Mining Tech, a developer of robotic systems for mining operations, has received Gold at the 2026 NY Product Design Awards for its Intelligent Geological Mapping and Geochemical Sampling Quadrupedal Robots…

zerohedge.com - Tyler Durden - Speculation Persists That Ghalibaf Replaced With More 'Hardline' Figure As Pentagon Says Iran Is Laying More Mines In Hormuz
Speculation Persists That Ghalibaf Replaced With More 'Hardline' Figure As Pentagon Says Iran Is Laying More Mines In Hormuz
Zero Hedge

Avalanche of Friday morning headlines speculating on Iran FM travel to Pakistan, and potential US delegating arriving too, but much appears speculation. Third US aircraft carrier, the George HW Bush, has finally arrived in Mideast regional waters…

arkansasonline.com - JON GAMBRELL, JAMEY KEATEN AND AAMER MADHANI THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Trump targets Iranian boats laying mines | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Trump targets Iranian boats laying mines | Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Online

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. military to 'shoot and kill' small Iranian boats that deploy mines in the Strait of Hormuz, he said Thursday, a day after Iran again displayed its ability to thwart traffic…

twz.com - Howard Altman - U.S. Efforts To Prevent Iranian Mine Laying In Strait Of Hormuz Underway
U.S. Efforts To Prevent Iranian Mine Laying In Strait Of Hormuz Underway
The War Zone

Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. A day after President Donald Trump ordered U.S. forces to destroy Iranian ships laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the Chairman of the…

nypost.com - Ronny Reyes - Iran reportedly drops more mines in Strait of Hormuz - as US moves more minesweepers into the region
Iran reportedly drops more mines in Strait of Hormuz - as US moves more minesweepers into the region
New York Post

The US is ramping up its minesweeping operations in the Strait of Hormuz — after US officials reportedly found that Iran had dropped more mines in the narrow oil chokepoint, which has been effectively shut down for weeks. “Our mine…

newswire.ca - Titiminas Silver Inc - Titiminas Silver Secures Jajachaca Community Acceptance, Unlocking Historic Janchiscocha Molybdenum Mine for First Modern Exploration Program; Engages Independent Trading Group as Market Maker
Titiminas Silver Secures Jajachaca Community Acceptance, Unlocking Historic Janchiscocha Molybdenum Mine for First Modern Exploration Program; Engages Independent Trading Group as Market Maker
CNW

Formal ratification by the Jajachaca Community General Assembly approving a multi-year surface access framework unlocks Titiminas' access to the past-producing Janchiscocha molybdenum mine -- historically operated by Perú Molibdeno S.A. with…

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