A $1.6 billion U.S.-backed mining project in Kazakhstan is facing scrutiny after a report claimed businesses linked to Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and the Lutnick family stand to benefit. The deal, involving one of the world's largest untapped tungsten deposits, has reignited questions over potential conflicts of interest as the Trump administration considers billions in federal financing for critical minerals projects.

Trump's $1.6B Kazakh deal faces scrutiny over family ties 

Major US-backed mining project faces scrutiny over family ties

The global mining sector is undergoing a massive transformation, driven by a rapid push toward full automation, within the next four years, experts predict that up to half of the Australian industry's operations could be entirely automated.

Mining Industry Enters New Era With Automation And Smart Technology

President Trump’s efforts to revive the US coal industry are having real financial and health consequences for communities across the country.
In parts of Michigan and beyond, ageing coal-fired power plants slated for closure are being kept open under emergency orders, as part of a push to boost coal production and power generation.

Trump Coal Push Raises Costs And Concerns

Gunmen Kill 12, Abduct Three in Plateau State Mining Community

In the pine-covered mountains known as the Sierra Gorda – one of the most biodiverse stretches of Mexico – a “mercury boom” is underway. Soaring international gold prices are driving up the price of mercury, a toxic metal key in illegal gold mining, to all-time highs.



Mercury Prices Skyrocket to Record High; Poor Miners Suffer Deadly Exposure

Mining in Peru's northern district of Pataz will remain suspended for 30 days after 13 gold mine workers in the area were kidnapped and killed by illegal miners. Watch in for more details!

Mining in Peru's northern district of Pataz suspended for 30 days

The town grew rapidly under the German influence, becoming one of the wealthiest mining hubs at the turn of the 20th century. The country's early diamond boom attracted a major foreign investment and boosted national revenues.

From riches to ruins! How Namibia’s forgotten 'diamond town' was swallowed by sand

India News: The GSI has identified polymetallic nodules containing iron, manganese, nickel, cobalt, and copper, along with rare earth elements beneath the sea. These minerals are critical for high-tech manufacturing and the green energy transition.

Why is Rahul Gandhi opposing offshore mining? Economic benefits vs politics

Some of those who were lucky to survive the horrors of the abandoned gold mines, in South Africa's Stilfontein say few of theirs colleagues resorted to cannibalism due to sheer desperation of hunger.

South Africa's Stilfontein mine survivors turned to cannibalism to survive

A group of illegal miners within a closed mine in the North West province of South Africa have been refused access to basic supplies as part of the government's declared campaign against illicit mining, and the government claims it will not assist them.

South Africa: Illegal Miners In South Africa's Stilfontein

The promise of Argentina's vast lithium reserves, once seen as a cornerstone of the global electric vehicle revolution, is facing unprecedented challenges as mining companies across the country's salt flats dramatically scale back operations amid a devastating market downturn.

Global Lithium price crash forces Argentina's mining companies to scale back

Despite China’s 2021 ban on Cryptocurrencies, the country continues to dominate the global Bitcoin mining industry.

China’s Bitcoin Mining Dominance Persists

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday (May 29) carried out searches at multiple locations in Punjab as part of a narcotics-linked money laundering case. The raids were conducted at 13 locations, and targeted individuals involved in illegal mining activities with prime accused Jagdish Singh alias Bhola, official sources said.

ED raids Punjab mining locations in connection to Bhola drugs case

At least 40 people were killed and many others wounded in an attack by gunmen on Zurak Village in Nigeria's North Central Plateau state where clashes between herders and farmers arise. Gravitas tells you more.

Gravitas | Nigeria: Zurak mining community attacked by bandits on Monday evening

Leading miner BHP group has proposed a takeover of Anglo American. The deal, which has valued the smaller miner at 39 billion dollars, would create the world’s top copper producer. Moreover, this could spark the industry’s biggest shakeup in over a decade.

Merger deal to create world’s top copper producer

South Africa's economy narrowly avoided a technical recession in the December quarter. A decrease in rotating power interruptions helped with a recovery in energy-intensive sectors like mining. Gross domestic product rose by 0.1% in the three months through to December.

Mining boom helps South Africa avoid recession

In a surprising find at the Freedom Mine in North Dakota, a shovel operator found a two-metre-long mammoth tusk buried in an old streambed estimated to be between 10,000 to 100,000 years old.

US coal miners discover mammoth tusk buried for thousands of years

Kazakhstan held nationwide mourning on Sunday after 45 people died in a blaze at an ArcelorMittal mine, the worst accident in the Central Asian country's post-Soviet history.

Kazakhstan: 45 killed in ArcelorMittal mine disaster

A bus crash in Limpopo province, South Africa has claimed at least 20 lives, news agency AFP reported, citing a local transport official. Spokesperson for the Department of Transport and Community Safety in Limpopo Vongani Chauke told AFP news agency that the bus had been shuttling staff from the Venetia Diamond Mine, operated by De Beers, when it crashed in the north of the country.

South Africa bus crash kills at least 20 mine staff: Reports

The Taliban government has signed mining contracts worth US$6.5 billion, pegged to one of the biggest deals since it seized power in Afghanistan two years ago. The mining contracts, seven in total, have been given to local companies, many of which have foreign partners in countries including China, Iran, and Turkey, reports AP news agency.

Taliban dole out $6.5 billion mining contracts to companies having ties with China, Turkey, Iran

A report by AFP citing emergency workers, on Tuesday (August 15), said rescuers have recovered 25 bodies while 14 people remain missing after being swept into a lake after a huge landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar.

Myanmar: At least 25 killed, 14 missing after landslide at jade mine in Hpakant

Norge Mining, a prominent mining company, has announced the discovery of an enormous phosphate rock deposit in southwestern Norway. According to the company, this deposit is estimated to contain up to 70 billion tonnes of the non-renewable resource, making it a game-changer for the global demand for batteries and solar panels up to 100 years, as reported by the Independent.

A paradigm shift? Massive phosphate deposit found in Norway, could meet global battery demand for 100 years

Scruffy depots packed with bags of ore line a road leading to the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining capital Kolwezi, in the southeast of the vast mineral-rich African country.

DR Congo sets up scheme to save informal cobalt miners from swindlers

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