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The Great Lakes Region Has an 'Illegal Minerals' Problem
Barrick Gold Corporation was until 2019 the largest mining company in the world. With operating revenue of US$12.922 billion (Uganda's GDP is about US$50 billion), Barrick Gold is the kind of mining ...
Smithsonian Magazine11h
As Norway Considers Deep-Sea Mining, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country Acts
In 1982, geologist Martin Hovland sat aboard a research ship owned by the Norwegian oil company Statoil (now Equinor) in the ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)3d
The potential impacts of mining rare minerals from the ocean floor
Along certain parts of the ocean floor lies a bounty of rare minerals and metals, critical components for batteries, electric ...
The US has a single rare earths mine. Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more
America’s only rare earths mine has fielded calls from anxious companies since China responded to President Donald Trump's ...
Scientific American4d
Suddenly Miners Are Tearing Up the Seafloor for Critical Metals
Holt, one of Magellan’s offshore managers, said the aim was to test the physical requirements and environmental impacts of pulling up sulfide deposits. What would soon become unclear, however, was why ...