Milei's Latest Gamble to Save Argentina's Economy by opening up Argentina to mining and more federalism

Recommendable! Is it a gamble? I don't think so! It makes a lot of business sense!

The video points out e.g. that neighboring Chile has a lot more mining activity than Argentina although Argentina has plenty of natural resources as well to be mined.

Will It Work? Milei's Latest Gamble to Save Argentina's Economy | VisualPolitik EN - YouTube

Copper is new king for Australia's BHP as profit jumps 30%

Headline of the day! Good news!

Copper is new king for Australia's BHP as profit jumps 30% - Nikkei Asia "Red metal overtakes iron ore in full-year earnings of world's largest listed miner"

BHP has copper smelting and refining operations at Olympic Dam in South Australia, where it mines significant deposits of the red metal, as well as uranium. 

May be the largest known tungsten deposit in the United States was identified in Nevada

Good news!

"... containing an estimated 1.78 million metric tons of the metal. If commercially recoverable, the contained tungsten would be equivalent to centuries of current US consumption."

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup - by Malcolm Cochran

US Hits Jackpot: 1.78 Million Tons of Tungsten in Nevada Desert

Major Critical Minerals Deposit Found in Nevada

Unabhängiger von China werden: Lizenz für Seltene Erden aus Sachsen

Schlagzeile des Tages! Mal sehen was daraus wird in der Bananenrepublik D!

"Am vergangenen Freitag [31.7.2026] hat das Sächsische Oberbergamt dem Unternehmen Hades die Lizenz für das Projekt Storkwitz erteilt ... Das mehr als 28.000 Quadratmeter große Lizenzgebiet liegt in Nordsachsen nahe der Stadt Delitzsch.

Dort werden nach Angaben von Hades rund 38.000 Tonnen Seltenerd-Oxide und 8000 Tonnen Niobpentoxid vermutet.

Geologen haben schon zu DDR-Zeiten zwischen 1973 und 1985 in der Region 49 Bohrungen vollzogen und dabei ein Vorkommen identifiziert, das zu seiner Zeit als eine der bedeutendsten Seltenerd-Entdeckungen Europas galt. Nach der Wiedervereinigung geriet das Projekt in Vergessenheit ..."

"... „Deutschland verfügt nun über ein eigenes Seltenerdprojekt — eines von wenigen in Europa. Hades sieht sich als Teil der Lösung, um die Versorgungssicherheit bei kritischen Rohstoffen in Deutschland und Europa zu erhöhen. ..." ..."

Unabhängiger von China werden: Lizenz für Seltene Erden aus Sachsen | FAZ (behind paywall) "Um aus der Abhängigkeit von China zu gelangen, werden in Europa Rohstoffprojekte angestoßen. Ein Start-up kann jetzt mit Lasertechnik in Sachsen loslegen."

Hades erhält Lizenz für Seltenerdprojekt Storkwitz (original news release)

Lithium-Abbau im Osterzgebirge: Genehmigung für Probestollen erteilt (im April 2026)

Mitsubishi invests $600M in Arizona copper mine project set to become third largest in US

Good news! Impressive!

Google search: "Mitsubishi Corporation is investing nearly $600 million for a 30% stake in Hudbay Minerals' Copper World project in Arizona"

"A number of new copper mine projects are underway across the state as demand for the mineral used in electric vehicles, data centers, smartphones and more balloons. ..."

Mitsubishi to invest $600M in Arizona copper mine project - Phoenix Business Journal

Major mining merger creates 'Canadian giant: London-based Anglo American will acquire British Columbia based Teck Resources in a $70 billion merger.

Good news, except for the apparent heavy interference of the Canadian government!

Why America Suddenly Wants Balochistan’s Minerals with Palki Sharma

Good news! However, the mineral resources of Balochistan are not verified and the Balochistan insurgency is dangerous.

Almonty Industries restarting U.S. tungsten mining in Montana

Good news!

Alaska’s new antimony mining rush

Good news!

"Until recently, antimony, which is often found in gold mines, was treated as detritus by gold miners. But that began changing last year, when China put in place heavy restrictions on exports of the element. That has led to prices quadrupling from two years ago, squeezing defense companies, which use antimony to harden bullets and strengthen armor-penetrating projectiles. Now, miners are dusting off sites that last produced antimony during the 20th century."

The Wall Street Journal What's news

A stibnite specimen is shown. Stibnite is the predominant ore mineral of antimony, according to the United States Geological Survey. (Source)

The race for Greenland’s Mineral wealth

Recommendable! Discovered by the Vikings! 

Durable steel wheels could replace rubber tires on large, heavy mining vehicles

Amazing stuff! What about our cars? Too many pavement repairs? 😊

"For nearly a decade, a Phoenix, Arizona-based outfit has been working on a smart replacement for the giant rubber tires that go on heavy mining vehicles – think haul trucks, excavators, and bulldozers that can weigh dozens of tons. The descriptively named company, Global Air Cylinder Wheels (GACW), is inching towards a commercial launch of its airless wheels, and it might be on to something big.

The trouble with rubber tires, especially on heavy vehicles that operate in harsh conditions, is that they wear out quickly. In the case of working mining vehicles, that means replacing tires every 6-9 months, and GACW estimates this can work out to as much as US$7 million in tire costs for a single mining truck over its lifetime. ..."

Airless wheels for mining trucks promise big savings

GACW says its Air Suspension Wheels can last as long as the vehicles they're fitted on, and save up to 60 percent of what you'd spend refitting tires on them over that time

"Air Suspension Wheels®: Designed to last as long as the vehicle"

Donald Trump Requests Stake In Canadian Lithium Mining Company

As a free marketeer I would say perhaps bad news! Hopefully, it will be only a temporary government investment.

Saskatchewan remains Canada’s most attractive jurisdiction for mining investment

Good news!

It ranks seventh according to the annual global mining survey.

Annual Survey of Mining Companies, 2024 | Fraser Institute

We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why. Really!

A manifest of a bunch of nutty professors (globalism, environmentalism) in alarmism and hysteria! Of course, thes professors also exploit the indigenous people for their propaganda and demagoguery.

Finally, after several decades being fairly limited deep sea mining, humans will be able to do commercially viable deep sea mining on a larger scale with current, more advanced technologies like robotics.

Human ingenuity will provide the means to make deep sea mining as harmless as is possible.

Since about 1947, humans were able to drill for crude oil using offshore  drilling rigs without major, lasting environmental impact. Since then many such oil rigs came online.

"Deep-sea mining promises critical minerals for the energy transition without the problems of mining on land. It also promises to bring wealth to developing nations. But the evidence suggests these promises are false, and mining would harm the environment. ...

The best course of action is a ban on international seabed mining, building on the coalition for a moratorium. ..."

We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why

Mali Seizes 3 Metric Tonnes of Gold from Canadian Mining Company Barrick

Bad news! I don't think this was a very smart move by the new military junta!

Arbitrary expropriation by a government usually does not end well!

Massive helium reservoir in Minnesota is even more 'mind-boggling' than we thought, new data suggest

Good news! Maybe one of the largest deposit in the world of this rare, but essential noble gas.

"... Despite being the second most abundant gas in the universe, helium is a scarce resource on Earth, forming only through nuclear fusion and the radioactive decay of uranium and thorium. The gas is in high demand, because it forms an essential cooling component in rockets, nuclear reactors and diagnostic medical equipment, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines.  ..."

Massive helium reservoir in Minnesota is even more 'mind-boggling' than we thought, new data suggest | Live Science New seismic data show that a helium reservoir discovered in February in northern Minnesota is larger than initial estimates indicated, inching the project closer to commercial extraction.

Pulsar Announces Positive Outcome From Seismic Survey At The Topaz Helium Project (original news release)

Topaz Project, USA One of the world's highest-content helium occurrences, having been drilled and flowed 10.5% helium.

Credits: Human Progress Weekly Progress Roundup

Pulsar Helium discovered the helium reservoir in early February this year. (Image credit: Pulsar Helium)

Renewed calls for uranium mine in Northern Territory representing about 10% of known world reserves

Unbelievable the obstructionism to uranium mining! Environmentalists get over it!

One of The Dirty, Deadly Secrets Behind Electric Cars

Recommendable! The huge nickel mining operations and smelter in Indonesia are powered by coal fired power plants! Not to mention the environmental damages of the mining operations! Plus unsafe working conditions.

BHP walks away from $74 billion attempt to take over mining company Anglo American

Perhaps bad news for South Africa just before the elections! What goes around, comes around! The ANC governed poorly for decades. South Africa issued a phony indictment Israel and so on!

Only about the first 2 minutes of this video are relevant! 

Nigeria Boldly Bans Processing Of It's Mineral Resources Abroad To Boost Industrialization

Recommendable!