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PT Bayan Resources has received a bid from Indonesian tycoon Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad that values the coal miner at a fraction of its market value, according to people familiar with the matter.
Nicaragua has granted a Chinese-owned company linked to one sanctioned by Washington the right to prospect and dig for gold across 262 sq km (101 sq miles) of rainforest, about a quarter the size of Hong Kong. The 25-year concession over the block, named Jade, went to Linze Excelente Mineria, a company that appeared in Nicaragua’s mining registry only last year. The block is in a corner of the country where prospectors first struck gold in 1880. Corporate filings list Lijun Dong as legal...
Statistics South Africa reports a 0.2% contraction in the second quarter, the first decline since late 2024, led by a 3% fall in mining. The post South Africa’s Economy Shrank, and Mining Did Most of the Damage appeared first on The Rio Times.
Mining tycoon Robert Friedland said he’s fielding “unconventional interest,” including from US Big Tech, in Ivanhoe Mines Ltd.’s fast-expanding copper exploration project in the Democratic Republic of Congo, highlighting growing anxieties about future supplies of the key metal.
The policy comes as competition intensifies between the United States and China for access to critical minerals.
Chinese scientists have proposed developing “underground agriculture” in abandoned coal mine tunnels as part of a push to create a green, circular economy for the country’s massive mining industry. A team of researchers from Shanxi, a major coal-producing province in central China, described the idea late last month in the journal China Mining Magazine. An estimated 15,000 abandoned mines in China are expected to close by 2030. Insulated from surface weather and natural disasters, these...
High-powered committee is tasked with evolving a uniform definition for the ecologically fragile Aravalli hills and range, and recommending measures to regulate mining in the region
President Oligui Nguema won a seven-year term in April 2025 and now must fund the Gabon economy as oil output falls and manganese pricing stays weak. The post Oligui Nguema Wins Seven Year Term as Gabon Economy Races Oil Decline appeared first on The Rio Times.
China has launched a world-first industrial-scale facility to extract iron from previously discarded mine tailings and ultra-low-grade ore, turning waste into a valuable resource that can reduce its dependency on overseas supply. According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) last Tuesday, a production line capable of processing 5.56 million tonnes of refractory iron ore and tailings per year has passed official checks and is now running steadily. China is the world’s largest iron ore user,...
Vai ao ar nesta quinta-feira (3), às 22h30, na TV Brasil, uma nova edição do programa Brasil no Mundo com uma análise do avanço dos Estados Unidos sobre os recursos estratégicos no continente, desde a exploração do petróleo venezuelano à entrada de capital ligado ao Pentágono na única mineradora de terras raras em operação no Brasil. O cientista político e professor do Instituto de Relações Internacionais e Defesa da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Carlos Eduardo Martins é o convidado dessa edição e contribui com as análises ao lado dos jornalistas Cristina Serra, Jamil Chade e Yan Boechat. Notícias relacionadas:CBL: Bienal do Livro de São Paulo terá maior edição de sua história.Pesquisa mostra que celular impulsiona a leitura digital no Brasil.Festival Favela Gourmet promove segunda edição em comunidades do Rio.Autor de livros e pesquisas sobre globalização, dependência e economia política internacional, Carlos Eduardo Martins se dedica ao estudo das relações entre América Latina, Estados Unidos e China, além das disputas de poder que moldam a geopolítica contemporânea. A atração trata também das novas articulações entre países emergentes, a disputa pela hegemonia em inteligência artificial e o debate sobre a sua regulação no G20. Sobre a produção O Brasil no Mundo se dedica a discutir, com profundidade e clareza, os grandes acontecimentos internacionais que moldam a política, a economia e a vida cotidiana. Conduzido por Cristina Serra, Jamil Chade e Yan Boechat, o programa combina análises de contexto, explicações acessíveis e entrevistas com especialistas que ajudam a iluminar os reflexos do cenário global no Brasil.