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Gaston County resident Kristal Lee, 41, said she has been losing sleep since learning about the planned mine in her vicinity (AFP)
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Push for new US lithium mine leaves some Americans wary

North Carolina lithium project causing sleepless nights, pollution worries and more for neighbours of proposed mine.

FILE PHOTO: Apache Stronghold, a Native American group hoping to protect their sacred land from a Cooper mine in Arizona, gather outside the 9th Circuit Appeal Court in Pasadena, California,U.S., March 21, 2023.        REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
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Indigenous group to take fight against Arizona copper mine to Supreme Court

Apache Stronghold, a nonprofit group comprised of San Carlos Apache tribe members and others, says it will take its fight against Rio Tinto’s...

Anglo American wants to focus on copper mining, which rival BHP targeted the business to create a global leader in the critical mineral (AFP)
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Anglo American to split group after rejecting BHP bid

After rejected improved offer from BHP, mining giant Anglo American to split and sell off parts of business to focus on critical minerals.

British Columbia has prohibited mining activities on new jade tenures in the northwest, while setting a five-year transition period for existing operators. Pieces of nephrite jade are shown at a mine site in northwestern B.C. in July 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Tahltan Central Government, *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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B.C. halts new jade mining in northwest, five-year transition for existing operations

British Columbia has prohibited mining activities on new jade tenures in the northwest, while setting a five-year wind-down period for existing operators

FILE PHOTO: The Rio Tinto logo is displayed above the global mining group's booth at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 7, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
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Rio Tinto had considered a bid for Anglo American, AFR says

Mining giant Rio Tinto "had not ruled out" bid for British company before BHP began takeover bid.

FILE PHOTO: A small toy figure and mineral imitation are seen in front of the BHP logo in this illustration taken November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo
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BHP-Anglo American deal raises alarm in Japan’s steel industry

Steelmakers' concerns about BHP's coking coal market power could derail a deal if the Australian giant comes back with a revised bid for...

FILE PHOTO: The debris of the municipal school of Bento Rodrigues district, which was covered with mud after a dam owned by Vale SA and BHP Billiton Ltd burst, is pictured in Mariana, Brazil, November 10, 2015.     REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes/File photo
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Brazil rejects mining companies’ settlement offer for Mariana disaster

Vale and BHP's offer of $25bn as settlement payment for Mariana dam disaster rejected by Brazil for "inadmissible conditions".

A wheel loader operator fills a truck with ore at the MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. January 30, 2020.   REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
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MP Materials report wider-than-expected Q1 loss

Rare earths miner MP Materials reported wider-than-expected loss in first quarter on Thursday, hurt by lower concentrate sales and weak prices of the...

The logo of commodities trader Glencore is pictured in front of the company's headquarters in Baar, Switzerland, July 18, 2017.  REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File photo
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Glencore studying an approach for Anglo American, sources say

Anglo American is attractive to its competitors for its prized copper assets in Chile and Peru, a metal used in everything from electric...

A Breakthrough Institute report suggests concerns about the impacts of mining for materials needed for clean technologies are overblown. Photo by omid roshan on Unsplash
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Breakthrough Institute report: What is the true mining footprint of clean energy?

Breakthrough Institute: A rational comparison of the metal and mining footprints of clean electricity technologies — contrasted with the material requirements of fossil...

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