Mastodawn

FAST FACTS: What are rare earths and why are they so important?

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/business/things-to-know-rare-earths-elements-names-meaning-uses-trade-china/

Headlines Africa 5d ago

Mali revokes over 90 mining permits amid crackdown on non-compliance http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNyjF6 #Mali #MiningNews #EnvironmentalCompliance #MiningIndustry #SustainableMining

Lawmakers, local leaders renew call for alternative minerals management bill

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/lawmakers-local-leaders-renew-call-alternative-minerals-management-bill/

Tom Oct 16

https://reneweconomy.com.au/this-is-about-economics-not-just-climate-change-rapid-tech-changes-keep-fortescues-real-zero-goal-on-track/

This is remarkable. Can you imagine what people would have said 10 years ago if you said a major mining concern would stop _all_ fossil fuel consumption by 2030 and switch to renewables.

#energytransition #realzero #miningindustry #solar #wind

“This is about economics, not just climate change:” Rapid tech changes keep Fortescue’s real zero goal on track

Fortescue CEO Dino Otranto discusses the rapid technology changes – in wind, solar and batteries – that will deliver the company’s bold real zero target for 2030.

Renew Economy

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StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎Oct 14

"Waiting MONTHS for the government to ENFORCE federal limits on #silicadust, a #carcinogen that has led to a SPIKE in the disease. But #MiningIndustry groups have sued to BLOCK the rule, and the Trump administration has PAUSED ENFORCEMENT while the lawsuit plays out." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Sa...

Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard.

The New York Times

Paria sans portefeuille Oct 12

'Extraction is the material foundation of a zero-carbon world. “#GreenCapitalism” can therefore sound like an oxymoron. How can capitalism ever be green if even the technologies and infrastructures needed to harness #renewableEnergy require digging several hundred new large-scale #mines in the span of a decade?'

#TheaRiofrancos on the #lithium boom and #extractivism

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/09/17/whats-underground/
https://archive.ph/eqk3H
#energyTransition #greenwashing #mining #miningIndustry #lithiumMining

What’s Underground

Lithium is the third element in the periodic table. It is the lightest, least dense metal—although it is never encountered as such in nature, since it’s

The New York Review of Books