Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at boosting the deep-sea mining industry, the latest attempt to boost US production of nickel, copper and other critical minerals used […]
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The last positive memory John Hancock has of his mother, Gina Rinehart, is a meal they shared together almost 20 years ago. It was at the Perth office of Hancock […]
Read MoreGina: The first-born son – episode 4 – podcast
Twenty years ago, John Hancock had dinner with his mother, Gina Rinehart. He says it’s the last positive interaction he had with her. In an in-depth interview, he explains how […]
Read MoreOutrage as Trump’s coal expansion coupled with health cuts: ‘There won’t be anyone to work in the mines’
The Trump administration’s efforts to expand coal mining while simultaneously imposing deep cuts to agencies tasked with ensuring miner health and safety has left some advocates “dumbfounded”. Agencies that protect […]
Read MoreChina trade war poses threat to US arms firms’ rare earths supply, analysts warn
America’s advanced weapons manufacturers are likely to face a critical shortfall of key rare-earth minerals that they import from China as a consequence of Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with […]
Read MoreTrump donors eye potential bonanza if US succeeds with Greenland land-grab
Some of Donald Trump’s biggest campaign donors and investors, who collectively have hundreds of millions of dollars in financial ties to the US president, are positioned to potentially profit from […]
Read MoreThe Guardian view on Donald Trump’s Congo deal: mineral riches for protection | Editorial
“The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural resources in […]
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