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N-gated Hacker News<p>🤔 Oh wow, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a> is now apparently the new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hulk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hulk</span></a>, but don't worry, they're just adding some "superalloy" spice for that extra punch! 🥊🥴 Meanwhile, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lehigh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lehigh</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>University</span></a> is still navigating their labyrinth of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buzzwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buzzwords</span></a> and self-promotion, hoping someone notices between all the search bars and "inclusive excellence." 🧭✨<br><a href="https://news.lehigh.edu/new-material-gives-copper-superalloy-like-strength-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.lehigh.edu/new-material-g</span><span class="invisible">ives-copper-superalloy-like-strength-0</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superalloy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>superalloy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>New Material Gives Copper Superalloy-Like Strength</p><p><a href="https://news.lehigh.edu/new-material-gives-copper-superalloy-like-strength-0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.lehigh.edu/new-material-g</span><span class="invisible">ives-copper-superalloy-like-strength-0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewMaterial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewMaterial</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copper</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Superalloy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Superalloy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Strength" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Strength</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Innovation</span></a></p>
Claudia Zahn<p>Amazing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Chrysocolla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrysocolla</span></a> with native <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a> cabochon from Maluku Island, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Indonesia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indonesia</span></a>.<br>Photo Copyright ©️ Yazid Ikhsani <br>By <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeologyWonders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeologyWonders</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GeologyPage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeologyPage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Minerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minerals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Crystals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crystals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NatureLovers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatureLovers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photographer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RockPorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RockPorn</span></a></p>
Newsramp<p>Aston Bay secures 80% project financing for Storm Copper Project through strategic partnership with Ocean Partners, advancing Nunavut mining operations with expert technical support and funding <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copper</span></a></p>
Newsramp<p>Aston Bay Holdings reveals initial copper resource estimate: 8.2M tonnes at 1.47% copper in Nunavut, with significant expansion potential and strategic funding in place. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copper</span></a></p>
Newsramp<p>Aston Bay partners with Ocean Partners for Storm Copper Project, securing 80% project financing and exclusive offtake rights in strategic mining collaboration <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copper</span></a></p>
Newsramp<p>Aston Bay Holdings reveals initial Mineral Resource Estimate for Storm Copper Project: 8.2M tonnes at 1.47% copper, with significant expansion potential in Nunavut. Strategic joint venture accelerates development. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copper</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>As <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> Considers <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a>, a Rich History of Ocean Conservation Decisions May Inform How the Country Acts</p><p>In the past, scientists, industry and government have worked together in surprising, tense and fruitful ways</p><p>by Christian Elliott, April 21, 2025</p><p>"At the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MidOceanRidge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MidOceanRidge</span></a> off the Norwegian coast, molten rock rises from deep within the Earth between spreading tectonic plates. Black smoker vents sustain unique ecosystems in the dark. Endemic species of long, segmented bristle worms and tiny crustaceans graze on bacteria mats and flit among fields of chemosynthetic tube worms, growing thick as grass. Dense banks of sponges cling to the summits and slopes of underwater mountains. And among all this life, minerals build up slowly over millennia in the form of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sulfide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sulfide</span></a> deposits and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/manganese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>manganese</span></a> crusts.</p><p>"Those minerals are the kind needed to fuel the global green energy transition—<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/zinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zinc</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cobalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cobalt</span></a>. In January 2024, Norway surprised the world with the announcement it planned to open its waters for exploratory deep-sea mining, the first nation to do so. If all went to plan, companies would be issued licenses to begin identifying mineral deposits as soon as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Spring2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spring2025</span></a>. To some scientists who’d spent decades mapping and studying the geology and ecology of the Norwegian seabed and Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, the decision seemed premature—they still lacked critical data on the area targeted for mining. The government’s own Institute of Marine Research (IMR) accused it of extrapolating from a small area where data has already been collected to the much larger zone now targeted</p><p>“ 'Our advice has been we don’t have enough knowledge,' says Rebecca Ross, an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecologist</span></a> at IMR who works on Norway’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mareano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mareano</span></a> deep-sea mapping initiative. She says the decision was based solely on the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> of the area. Taking high-resolution scans of the seabed and sampling its geology is the first step when research ships enter a new area, but critical biological and ecological research is more difficult and tends to come later—which is the case on the ridge area targeted for mining. Ross says it’s certain that area contains vulnerable marine ecosystems that would be affected by the light and noise pollution and sediment plumes generated by mining. The IMR estimates closing the knowledge gap on the target area could take ten years.</p><p>"The same conflict, with a partial scientific understanding misinterpreted and used to justify resource extraction, is playing out in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pacific</span></a>, where mining pilot projects are already underway in international waters. Years before, scientists funded by industry scouted the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/seabed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>seabed</span></a> there, discovering both valuable minerals and new forms of life."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/as-norway-considers-deep-sea-mining-a-rich-history-of-ocean-conservation-decisions-may-inform-how-the-country-acts-180986412/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smithsonianmag.com/science-nat</span><span class="invisible">ure/as-norway-considers-deep-sea-mining-a-rich-history-of-ocean-conservation-decisions-may-inform-how-the-country-acts-180986412/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeaveItInTheOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveItInTheOcean</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleCopper</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LifeOnEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeOnEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlanetDestroyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetDestroyers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanGreed</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oxygen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oxygen</span></a> produced in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSea</span></a> raises questions about extraterrestrial life</p><p>"Over 12,000 feet below the surface of the sea, in a region of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CCZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCZ</span></a>), million-year-old rocks cover the seafloor. These rocks may seem lifeless, but nestled between the nooks and crannies on their surfaces, tiny sea creatures and microbes make their home, many uniquely adapted to life in the dark.</p><p>"These deep-sea rocks, called polymetallic <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nodules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nodules</span></a>, don't only host a surprising number of sea critters. A team of scientists that includes Boston University experts has discovered they also produce oxygen on the seafloor.</p><p>"The discovery is a surprise considering oxygen is typically created by plants and organisms with help from the sun -- not by rocks on the ocean floor. About half of all the oxygen we breathe is made near the surface of the ocean by phytoplankton that photosynthesize just like land-dwelling plants. Since the sun is needed to carry out photosynthesis, finding oxygen production at the bottom of the sea, where there is no light, flips conventional wisdom on its head. It was so unexpected that scientists involved in the study first thought it was a mistake.</p><p>"This was really weird, because no one had ever seen it before," says Jeffrey Marlow, a BU College of Arts &amp; Sciences assistant professor of biology and coauthor on the study, which was published in Nature Geoscience.</p><p>As an expert in microbes that live in the most extreme habitats on Earth -- like hardened lava and deep-sea hydrothermal vents -- Marlow initially suspected that microbial activity could be responsible for making oxygen. The research team used deep-sea chambers that land on the seafloor and enclose the seawater, sediment, polymetallic nodules, and living organisms. They then measured how oxygen levels changed in the chambers over 48 hours. If there are plentiful organisms breathing oxygen, then the levels would normally decline, depending on how much animal activity is present in the chamber. But in this case, oxygen was increasing.</p><p>" 'We did a lot of troubleshooting and found that the oxygen levels increased many more times following that initial measurement,' Marlow says. 'So we're now convinced it's a real signal.'</p><p>"He and his colleagues were aboard a research vessel tasked with learning more about the ecology of the CCZ, which spans 1.7 million square miles between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaii</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a>, for an environmental survey sponsored by The Metals Company, a deep-sea mining firm interested in extracting the rocks en masse for metals. After running experiments on board the vessel, Marlow and the team, led by Andrew Sweetman at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, concluded the phenomenon isn't primarily caused by microbial activity, despite the abundance of many different types of microbes both on and inside the rocks.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PolymetallicNodules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PolymetallicNodules</span></a> are made of rare metals, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a>, nickel, cobalt, iron, and manganese, which is why companies are interested in mining them. It turns out, according to the study, that those densely packed metals are likely triggering "seawater electrolysis." This means that metal ions in the rock layers are distributed unevenly, creating a separation of electrical charges -- just like what happens inside of a battery. This phenomenon creates enough energy to split water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen. They named this "dark oxygen," since it's oxygen made with no sunlight. What remains unclear is the exact mechanism of how this happens, if oxygen levels vary across the CCZ, and if the oxygen plays a significant role in sustaining the local ecosystem."</p><p><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/08/240826182909.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2024</span><span class="invisible">/08/240826182909.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LeaveItInTheOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LeaveItInTheOcean</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDeepSeaMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoDeepSeaMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RecycleCopper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecycleCopper</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LifeOnEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LifeOnEarth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ecocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PlanetDestroyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetDestroyers</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanGreed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanGreed</span></a></p>
John Vaccaro (johniac)<p>SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .April 25th, 2025</p><p><a href="https://bit.ly/stc042525" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bit.ly/stc042525</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LiSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LiSA</span></a> # perovskite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/electrocatalysts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electrocatalysts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CspZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CspZ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/structure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>structure</span></a> #"immune response" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trials</span></a> #"daily cycle" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/regolith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regolith</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/protons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hydrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydrogen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AMOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AMOC</span></a> #"warming hole" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tropics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tropics</span></a> "Northern Hemisphere" #"deep aquifers" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/karstified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>karstified</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sandstone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sandstone</span></a> #"natural replenishment"</p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>Written by: Debra Utacia Krol ✍️ | Photos by: Provided by Becket Law, Michael Chow, Thomas Hawthorne/The Republic, Cheryl Evans/The Republic 📷️</p><p>2/4</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/oakflat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oakflat</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ApacheStronghold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ApacheStronghold</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Apache" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apache</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a></p>
Quake Map of the DayAuthor(s): Trashbang <br>Title: Only You Can Prevent Containment Breaches<br>Semi-linear single-player map for Copper<br><br><a href="https://www.slipseer.com/index.php?resources/only-you-can-prevent-containment-breaches.221/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.slipseer.com/index.php?resources/only-you-can-prevent-containment-breaches.221/</a><br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/copper" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#copper</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/linear" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linear</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/medium" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medium</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/singleplayer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#singleplayer</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/slipseer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slipseer</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/quake" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quake</a>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Exclusive- <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> supporter <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrince" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrince</span></a> reaches deal with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Congo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congo</span></a> to help secure [steal] mineral wealth</p><p>Jessica Donati and Sonia Rolley<br>Thu, April 17, 2025 </p><p>Excerpt: "Democratic Republic of Congo has vast reserves of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cobalt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cobalt</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lithium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lithium</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coltan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>coltan</span></a> - a mineral used widely in smartphones, computers and electric vehicles - but has been plagued for decades by violence in its eastern region.</p><p>"The agreement between Congo and Prince initially involved a plan to deploy contractors to Goma, the capital of North Kivu province and the largest city in eastern Congo. But Goma is now under M23 control and that plan has been put on hold. M23 controls tracts of mineral-rich territory.</p><p>"A source close to the Congolese government told Reuters an initial deployment of Prince's advisers was expected to start in the south, far from the area controlled by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/M23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>M23</span></a> and its allies.</p><p>" 'If you just look at Katanga, if you look at Kolwezi down just off the Zambian-Congo border, they claim that there's like $40 million a month in lost revenue of what's going out and what's coming in,' the source said.</p><p>"A diplomatic source also told Reuters the first stage of Prince's effort in Congo would focus on securing mines and tax revenues in copper-producing Katanga province.</p><p>"One of the sources close to Prince said advisers were expected to deploy with technical experts from a company specialised in testing and inspecting commodities. The advisers would initially target larger mines and expand as revenue collection improved.</p><p>"The source did not provide details on how the advisers would tackle corruption in the sector that has long drained revenue that would otherwise flow to the state.</p><p>"A source in the office of Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi said an agreement in principle had been signed with Prince, but the details on where and how many advisers would be deployed remained to be established."</p><p><a href="https://www.aol.com/news/exclusive-trump-supporter-prince-reaches-142935924.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aol.com/news/exclusive-trump-s</span><span class="invisible">upporter-prince-reaches-142935924.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceColonialism</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PrivateArmy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateArmy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Academi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Academi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ErikPrinceIsAWarCriminal</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TripleCanopy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TripleCanopy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OffLeash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OffLeash</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProjectVeritas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProjectVeritas</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TigerSwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TigerSwan</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Colonialism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CopperMining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CopperMining</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MiningPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MiningPollution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CorporateColonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateColonialism</span></a></p>
Newsramp<p>US-China trade tensions continue to impact global copper markets, creating uncertainty for investors and manufacturers. Economic headwinds challenge metal demand and market confidence. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copper</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TradeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWar</span></a></p>
Health Organica<p>Copper is essential for our health! It helps with energy production, iron metabolism, and the maintenance of a healthy immune system. 🛡️✨</p><p>Include copper-rich foods like 👇👇<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HealthTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HealthTips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nutrition</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/COPPER" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>COPPER</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1998806/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1998806/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Ellucian and KPMG Australia create alliance <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bauxite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bauxite</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IronOre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IronOre</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lead</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nickel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Platinum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Platinum</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PricePerOunce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PricePerOunce</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uranium</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Zinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zinc</span></a></p>
Newsramp<p>Trump announces 90-day tariff pause, sparking copper market rebound. Investors cautiously assess potential economic implications and trade tensions. Market uncertainty continues to drive strategic decision-making. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copper</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TradePolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradePolicy</span></a></p>
Newsramp<p>Aston Bay secures strategic funding from Ocean Partners for Storm Copper Project in Nunavut, with 80% development capital and exclusive offtake rights. Project advancement gaining momentum. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mining</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copper</span></a></p>
bse<p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Minnesota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Minnesota</span></a> Sen. Smith introduces bill to ban <a href="https://toad.social/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> near the Boundary Waters Caoe Area </p><p><a href="https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/04/09/sen-smith-introduces-bill-to-ban-copper-mining-near-the-boundary-waters" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">mprnews.org/story/2025/04/09/s</span><span class="invisible">en-smith-introduces-bill-to-ban-copper-mining-near-the-boundary-waters</span></a></p>
Quake Map of the DayAuthor(s): ComfyByTheFire <br>Title: I No Longer Fear The Ranger Guarding My Heel<br>A large prototype Copper map with non-linear progression, slaughter fights, and trick jumping.<br><br><a href="https://www.slipseer.com/index.php?resources/i-no-longer-fear-the-ranger-guarding-my-heel.222/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.slipseer.com/index.php?resources/i-no-longer-fear-the-ranger-guarding-my-heel.222/</a><br><br><a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/copper" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#copper</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/difficult" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#difficult</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/large" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#large</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/non" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#non</a>-linear <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/prototype" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prototype</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/singleplayer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#singleplayer</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/void" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#void</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/slipseer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slipseer</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://idtech.space/tag/quake" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quake</a>