Mastodawn

"Despite their delicate appearance, these specialist plants can live in soils 30 times more toxic than most other species can tolerate. As they grow, metallophytes act as “hyper-accumulators”, cleansing the soils that feed them through a process called phytoremediation."
#mining #environment #pagan
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/27/blossoming-spoil-heaps-plants-metallophytes-heavy-metal-aoe

Blossoming among spoil heaps: how 1,000 years of lead mining gave birth to banks of pansies and pennycress

Calaminarian grassland is a rare habitat where plants thrive in soils contaminated by heavy metals. But should these toxic meadows be protected or allowed to fade away?

The Guardian

Dadacoin 10h ago

Bitcoin Mining at $75K: The 2026 Miner Squeeze Thesis

Bitcoin at $75.82K with miner block rewards halved and hashprice falling. The miner economy is quietly cracking. Why the 2026 squeeze defines the cycle.

🔗 https://memedadacoin.com/blog/bitcoin-mining-squeeze-2026

#bitcoin #mining #halving #minereconomics

The Japan Times 11h ago

Western governments ⁠ploughing tens of billions of dollars into critical minerals in an effort to break their reliance on China could look to history to see how efforts to prop up commodity sectors can backfire. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/05/27/markets/critical-minerals-buyers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #rareearths #mining #congo #indonesia #australia

A warning to critical minerals buyers: avoid butter mountains, aluminium floods

In the 1980s and 1990s, subsidies, cheap energy and price guarantees fueled overproduction of various products which flooded markets, tanked prices and spread pain globally.

The Japan Times

Environment | The Guardian US 13h ago

Blossoming among spoil heaps: how 1,000 years of lead mining gave birth to banks of pansies and pennycress https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/27/blossoming-spoil-heaps-plants-metallophytes-heavy-metal-aoe #EndangeredHabitats #WildFlowers #Northumberland #Mining #Pollution #Conservation #Environment #UkNews #Wildlife #Plants #Water

Blossoming among spoil heaps: how 1,000 years of lead mining gave birth to banks of pansies and pennycress

Calaminarian grassland is a rare habitat where plants thrive in soils contaminated by heavy metals. But should these toxic meadows be protected or allowed to fade away?

The Guardian

SophiaEquity 14h ago

The Global Gambit:
www.theglobalgambit.com

#Copper #Mining #ValueInvesting #MacroTrading #TSX #IVN #Stocks

The Guardian Feeds 14h ago

BHP admits to stalled emissions reductions as WA premier says miners have ‘moral obligation’ to decarbonise
By Christopher Knaus and Adam Morton

Head of BHP’s WA iron ore operations unable to give firm timeline for replacing diesel trucks as leaked documents reveal decarbonisation delay

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/27/bhp-files-stalled-emissions-reductions-mining-company-moral-obligation-decarbonise

#Australianews #Mining #Mining #BHP #WesternAustralia #Environment #ChristopherKnaus #AdamMorton

BHP admits to stalled emissions reductions as WA premier says miners have ‘moral obligation’ to decarbonise

Head of BHP’s WA iron ore operations unable to give firm timeline for replacing diesel trucks as leaked documents reveal decarbonisation delay

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 15h ago

BHP admits to stalled emissions reductions as WA premier says miners have 'moral obligation' to decarbonise

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/27/bhp-files-stalled-emissions-reductions-mining-company-moral-obligation-decarbonise

#Environment #Mining #Australia

BHP admits to stalled emissions reductions as WA premier says miners have ‘moral obligation’ to decarbonise

Head of BHP’s WA iron ore operations unable to give firm timeline for replacing diesel trucks as leaked documents reveal decarbonisation delay

The Guardian

World news | The Guardian 14h ago

BHP admits to stalled emissions reductions as WA premier says miners have ‘moral obligation’ to decarbonise https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/27/bhp-files-stalled-emissions-reductions-mining-company-moral-obligation-decarbonise #AustraliaNews #Mining #Mining #Bhp #WesternAustralia #Environment

BHP admits to stalled emissions reductions as WA premier says miners have ‘moral obligation’ to decarbonise

Head of BHP’s WA iron ore operations unable to give firm timeline for replacing diesel trucks as leaked documents reveal decarbonisation delay

The Guardian

Dragofix 17h ago

Indonesia seizes mercury shipment bound for illegal mines in the Philippines https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/indonesia-seizes-mercury-shipment-bound-for-illegal-mines-in-the-philippines/

#Indonesia #Philippines #environment #mining #mercury

Indonesia seizes mercury shipment bound for illegal mines in the Philippines

JAKARTA — Authorities at Indonesia’s largest port seized hundreds of kilograms of the toxic heavy metal mercury in late April. The bust reflects the vast scale of illegal mining underway in forests across much of Southeast Asia amid record-high gold prices. “This mercury was to be shipped to the Philippines using manipulated customs documents, so […]

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