Tag: Metals and Minerals
Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters
President Trump has ordered the U.S. government to take a major step toward mining vast tracts of the ocean floor, a move that...
U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal Draft Features Vague Reference to Security Guarantees
A draft of an agreement calling for Ukraine to hand over to the United States revenue from natural resources includes new language referring...
Zelensky Rejects Trump Administration Demand for Half of Ukraine’s Mineral Resources
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, during a closed-door meeting on Wednesday, rejected an offer by the Trump administration to relinquish half of the...
Behind Closed Doors, Trudeau Says Trump Threat to Take Over Canada...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on Friday made his first comments in response to President Trump’s repeated statements that he wants to...
Emeralds for Sale: The Taliban Look Below Ground to Revive the...
In a chilly auditorium in Afghanistan, heaps of freshly mined green emeralds glowed under bright table lamps as bearded gemstone dealers inspected them...
