Continental drift: why the need for critical minerals might change the way we define Earth’s zones
Access to fossil fuels drove the definition of nations’ sovereignty over submarine continental extensions. Now we need an ...
Why the US wants BHP and Rio to get crazy rich in the Congo
BHP and Rio Tinto see just one problem with the big new copper mine Robert Friedland has built in the DRC. But the US ...
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Up, Up, Down, Down: Gold shone, lithium dived as 2024 hit metals for six
Gold outshined the chasing pack as only a handful of commodities sailed through choppy economic waters unscathed in a ...
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Stilfontein illegal miners are ‘eating human flesh’ and cockroaches to survive, rescued miners tell Concourt
Three artisanal miners who recently emerged from abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein in North West have told the Constitutional Court about the abhorrent conditions underground. The NGO Mining ...