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  1. Sweden eases mining permits to cut China minerals reliance.

    Sweden has declared the mining of critical minerals and rare earths a national security interest. This will ease and expedite the permit process.

    The government said the step was needed to counter dependence on China.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260723

    #Minerals #Sweden #RareEarths #Mining #Business

  2. Sweden eases mining permits to cut China minerals reliance.

    Sweden has declared the mining of critical minerals and rare earths a national security interest. This will ease and expedite the permit process.

    The government said the step was needed to counter dependence on China.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260723

    #Minerals #Sweden #RareEarths #Mining #Business

  3. Perhaps a safer subject to share today than my last, drowned creature. I realize I may be one of the few people who get super excited about rocks but perhaps people will find my realgar and orpiment specimens interesting. They, like the afforementioned defunct creature, are also very poisonous. #Minerals #Realgar #Orpiment #Toxic #Arsenic #Rocks

    Yes, I handled arsenic compounds today when I finally opened up My Precious from a LOT of packaging wrap. Washed my hands very carefully several times. I had to persuade the vendor these 3 pieces I bought from him 3 years ago were very toxic and needed a lot of wrapping for me to take.

    He likely was hired as a Tucson local to work at the show venue off Lester Avenue, part of the annual gem & mineral shows. Is Chinese and barely speaks any English. He certainly had little knowledge of the minerals he sold. Pretty sure he thought I was a crazy lady trying to pantomime my concern about touching these.

    Anyway, just got some deep, clear acrylic boxes so I could unwrap and put these inside right away. So glad to know there had been little if any oxidation and light damage over the years. The bright yellow is orpiment and the dark orange to red crystals are Realgar. Woot!

    Now I have to start getting serious about setting up my real camera with real macro lens to start photographing my collection more seriously.

  4. Perhaps a safer subject to share today than my last, drowned creature. I realize I may be one of the few people who get super excited about rocks but perhaps people will find my realgar and orpiment specimens interesting. They, like the afforementioned defunct creature, are also very poisonous. #Minerals #Realgar #Orpiment #Toxic #Arsenic #Rocks

    Yes, I handled arsenic compounds today when I finally opened up My Precious from a LOT of packaging wrap. Washed my hands very carefully several times. I had to persuade the vendor these 3 pieces I bought from him 3 years ago were very toxic and needed a lot of wrapping for me to take.

    He likely was hired as a Tucson local to work at the show venue off Lester Avenue, part of the annual gem & mineral shows. Is Chinese and barely speaks any English. He certainly had little knowledge of the minerals he sold. Pretty sure he thought I was a crazy lady trying to pantomime my concern about touching these.

    Anyway, just got some deep, clear acrylic boxes so I could unwrap and put these inside right away. So glad to know there had been little if any oxidation and light damage over the years. The bright yellow is orpiment and the dark orange to red crystals are Realgar. Woot!

    Now I have to start getting serious about setting up my real camera with real macro lens to start photographing my collection more seriously.

  5. An analysis of rare earth-rich mud retrieved from ⁠the deep seabed off a remote Pacific Island earlier this year found medium and heavy rare earth elements accounted for about 54% of the total rare earth content. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #economy #minamitorishima #rareearths #minerals #mining #economicsecurity #china #oceans

  6. An analysis of rare earth-rich mud retrieved from ⁠the deep seabed off a remote Pacific Island earlier this year found medium and heavy rare earth elements accounted for about 54% of the total rare earth content. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #economy #minamitorishima #rareearths #minerals #mining #economicsecurity #china #oceans

  7. 🚨🥴 Oh, the irony! A government report promising to reduce mineral reliance is as accessible as a phone signal on Mars. If only they could substitute their server errors with some actual information! 📉🔐
    gao.gov/products/gao-26-108687 #irony #governmentreport #minerals #accessibility #servererrors #information #HackerNews #ngated

  8. 🚨🥴 Oh, the irony! A government report promising to reduce mineral reliance is as accessible as a phone signal on Mars. If only they could substitute their server errors with some actual information! 📉🔐
    gao.gov/products/gao-26-108687 #irony #governmentreport #minerals #accessibility #servererrors #information #HackerNews #ngated

  9. Although some bureaucratic hurdles remain, a lease sale brings #fracking to the #forest for the first time – the subject of political effort since at least 2016 [since #Trump’s first term] – far closer to fruition, giving specific #corporations legal rights to the #land & #minerals beneath it.

    #law #EnvironmentalLaw #FossilFuels #LandConservation #wildlife #ecosystems #FederalGovernment #Ohio #WayneNationalForest #NationalForest #oil #gas #ClimateChange

  10. Although some bureaucratic hurdles remain, a lease sale brings #fracking to the #forest for the first time – the subject of political effort since at least 2016 [since #Trump’s first term] – far closer to fruition, giving specific #corporations legal rights to the #land & #minerals beneath it.

    #law #EnvironmentalLaw #FossilFuels #LandConservation #wildlife #ecosystems #FederalGovernment #Ohio #WayneNationalForest #NationalForest #oil #gas #ClimateChange

  11. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.

    The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic

    #biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video

  12. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.

    The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic

    #biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video

  13. #Mars #Manganese #Minerals Reveals an Ancient #Ocean's Potential For Life - and a Possible Way to Make #Oxygen
    Manganese oxides and hydroxides act as geological proxy for past oceans, around ancient water-air boundaries. Manganese (hydr)oxides form what "bathtub rings" building up at boundary where dissolved manganese in water meets oxygen in air, forming a kind of stain, similar to what you might see if you leave dirty water in a tub for long time and then let it drain.
    phys.org/news/2026-05-mars-man

  14. #Mars #Manganese #Minerals Reveals an Ancient #Ocean's Potential For Life - and a Possible Way to Make #Oxygen
    Manganese oxides and hydroxides act as geological proxy for past oceans, around ancient water-air boundaries. Manganese (hydr)oxides form what "bathtub rings" building up at boundary where dissolved manganese in water meets oxygen in air, forming a kind of stain, similar to what you might see if you leave dirty water in a tub for long time and then let it drain.
    phys.org/news/2026-05-mars-man

  15. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.

    The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic

    #biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video

  16. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.

    The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic

    #biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video

  17. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.

    The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic

    #biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video

  18. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.

    The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic

    #biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video

  19. 💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.

    The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic

    #biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video

  20. 💁🏻‍♀️ NEW: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.

    The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic

    #biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video

  21. RE: beige.party/@cobalt123/1169242

    This is what happens when you run out of space along a wall to display rocks. Well, well. Since we have the couch sitting out from the TV to make a better seating area for guests, it seems behind the couch is a nice backing for more clear display cases. Sitting on top of a “shoe bench”. Which is obviously another display case. (See both photos)
    #Rocks #Minerals #Collection #Display

  22. RE: beige.party/@cobalt123/1169242

    This is what happens when you run out of space along a wall to display rocks. Well, well. Since we have the couch sitting out from the TV to make a better seating area for guests, it seems behind the couch is a nice backing for more clear display cases. Sitting on top of a “shoe bench”. Which is obviously another display case. (See both photos)
    #Rocks #Minerals #Collection #Display

  23. #InternationalRockDay — Pyrite, Manganese (among other things)

    Compared to the more northern areas, the central ridges of the eastern Alps consist of a much larger variety of rocks/minerals with often intense colors. Depending on sun direction, the pyrite (aka fools gold) makes the rocks in the scree fields glisten brightly in the sun...

    #NaturePhotography #Minerals #Rocks #Geology #Hiking

  24. #InternationalRockDay — Pyrite, Manganese (among other things)

    Compared to the more northern areas, the central ridges of the eastern Alps consist of a much larger variety of rocks/minerals with often intense colors. Depending on sun direction, the pyrite (aka fools gold) makes the rocks in the scree fields glisten brightly in the sun...

    #NaturePhotography #Minerals #Rocks #Geology #Hiking

  25. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🍄🌱 Dr Jennifer McGaley and her team recorded a #timelapse of arbuscular mycorrhizal #fungi growing inside living plant root #cells for the first time.

    The ancient #underground partnership helps #plants exchange #minerals for sugars. The #research could eventually help #farms reduce their reliance on #synthetic fertilizers.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/mycorrhiaza-in

    #agriculture #biodicersiry #biology #carbon #computers #ecology #farming #food #growing #microbiology #microscope #nature #networks #nitrogen #phosphorus #rice #mushrooms #mycology #science #soil #symbiosis #technology #tech #cambridge #womeninstem #tksst #video

  26. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🍄🌱 Dr Jennifer McGaley and her team recorded a #timelapse of arbuscular mycorrhizal #fungi growing inside living plant root #cells for the first time.

    The ancient #underground partnership helps #plants exchange #minerals for sugars. The #research could eventually help #farms reduce their reliance on #synthetic fertilizers.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/mycorrhiaza-in

    #agriculture #biodicersiry #biology #carbon #computers #ecology #farming #food #growing #microbiology #microscope #nature #networks #nitrogen #phosphorus #rice #mushrooms #mycology #science #soil #symbiosis #technology #tech #cambridge #womeninstem #tksst #video

  27. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🍄🌱 Dr Jennifer McGaley and her team recorded a #timelapse of arbuscular mycorrhizal #fungi growing inside living plant root #cells for the first time.

    The ancient #underground partnership helps #plants exchange #minerals for sugars. The #research could eventually help #farms reduce their reliance on #synthetic fertilizers.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/mycorrhiaza-in

    #agriculture #biodicersiry #biology #carbon #computers #ecology #farming #food #growing #microbiology #microscope #nature #networks #nitrogen #phosphorus #rice #mushrooms #mycology #science #soil #symbiosis #technology #tech #cambridge #womeninstem #tksst #video

  28. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🍄🌱 Dr Jennifer McGaley and her team recorded a #timelapse of arbuscular mycorrhizal #fungi growing inside living plant root #cells for the first time.

    The ancient #underground partnership helps #plants exchange #minerals for sugars. The #research could eventually help #farms reduce their reliance on #synthetic fertilizers.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/mycorrhiaza-in

    #agriculture #biodicersiry #biology #carbon #computers #ecology #farming #food #growing #microbiology #microscope #nature #networks #nitrogen #phosphorus #rice #mushrooms #mycology #science #soil #symbiosis #technology #tech #cambridge #womeninstem #tksst #video

  29. "As rich metal deposits deplete, the industry is forced to go after ever worse ore grades (meaning ever lower amounts of metal recovered for the same amount of ore hauled from the pit)...this translates into an ever increasing energy demand per ton of metal produced....energy cannibalism will get exponentially worse with time, esp with electrification."

    Link (supports Nazis): thehonestsorcerer.substack.com

    #PeakEverything #Resources #Economy #Mining #Renewables #Minerals #Sustainability #DeGrowth

  30. "As rich metal deposits deplete, the industry is forced to go after ever worse ore grades (meaning ever lower amounts of metal recovered for the same amount of ore hauled from the pit)...this translates into an ever increasing energy demand per ton of metal produced....energy cannibalism will get exponentially worse with time, esp with electrification."

    Link (supports Nazis): thehonestsorcerer.substack.com

    #PeakEverything #Resources #Economy #Mining #Renewables #Minerals #Sustainability #DeGrowth

  31. The European Commission tightens EU market access as interference concerns rise.

    A draft document shows that the EU wants to allow the exclusion of foreign companies that pose security risks from its public procurement market, with particular worries about data transfers and weaponisation of the bloc’s dependencies on tech and minerals.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260709

    #EU #Security #Business #Tech #Minerals #RareEarths

  32. The European Commission tightens EU market access as interference concerns rise.

    A draft document shows that the EU wants to allow the exclusion of foreign companies that pose security risks from its public procurement market, with particular worries about data transfers and weaponisation of the bloc’s dependencies on tech and minerals.

    mediafaro.org/article/20260709

    #EU #Security #Business #Tech #Minerals #RareEarths

  33. Ottawa to invest up to $400 million in Teck critical minerals smelter in B.C.

    Teck Mining Company’s zinc and lead smelting and refining complex is pictured in Trail, B.C., on November 26,…
    #NewsBeep #News #Ottawa #CA #Canada #criticalminerals #energytransition #ExportDevelopmentCanada #Minerals #NaturalResourcesCanada #TeckMiningCompany #TeckResources #TheCanadianPress #TimHodgson
    newsbeep.com/ca/787735/

  34. Northeastern University: Could the clean energy revolution be powered by wastewater?. “The researchers found that enough magnesium, lithium, uranium, titanium, fluorine and silicon could be recovered from wastewaters to meet at least one-tenth of each resource’s projected demand in the international clean energy sector.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/07/northeastern-university-could-the-clean-energy-revolution-be-powered-by-wastewater/
  35. Northeastern University: Could the clean energy revolution be powered by wastewater?. “The researchers found that enough magnesium, lithium, uranium, titanium, fluorine and silicon could be recovered from wastewaters to meet at least one-tenth of each resource’s projected demand in the international clean energy sector.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/07/northeastern-university-could-the-clean-energy-revolution-be-powered-by-wastewater/
  36. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🍄🌱 Dr Jennifer McGaley and her team recorded a #timelapse of arbuscular mycorrhizal #fungi growing inside living plant root #cells for the first time.

    The ancient #underground partnership helps #plants exchange #minerals for sugars. The #research could eventually help #farms reduce their reliance on #synthetic fertilizers.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/mycorrhiaza-in

    #agriculture #biodicersiry #biology #carbon #computers #ecology #farming #food #growing #microbiology #microscope #nature #networks #nitrogen #phosphorus #rice #mushrooms #mycology #science #soil #symbiosis #technology #tech #cambridge #womeninstem #tksst #video

  37. 💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: 🍄🌱 Dr Jennifer McGaley and her team recorded a #timelapse of arbuscular mycorrhizal #fungi growing inside living plant root #cells for the first time.

    The ancient #underground partnership helps #plants exchange #minerals for sugars. The #research could eventually help #farms reduce their reliance on #synthetic fertilizers.

    👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/mycorrhiaza-in

    #agriculture #biodicersiry #biology #carbon #computers #ecology #farming #food #growing #microbiology #microscope #nature #networks #nitrogen #phosphorus #rice #mushrooms #mycology #science #soil #symbiosis #technology #tech #cambridge #womeninstem #tksst #video

  38. Leaked documents suggest Jeffrey Epstein’s Israeli connections helped shape Congo’s deadly mineral trade, linking military contractors tied to Israeli intelligence to secret training of a special operations strike force in eastern DRC—amid efforts to secure mining and energy interests. ⛏️🪖 #Congo #DRC #Epstein #Israel #Minerals #InvestigativeJournalism dropsitenews.com/p/epstein-bar

  39. Leaked documents suggest Jeffrey Epstein’s Israeli connections helped shape Congo’s deadly mineral trade, linking military contractors tied to Israeli intelligence to secret training of a special operations strike force in eastern DRC—amid efforts to secure mining and energy interests. ⛏️🪖 #Congo #DRC #Epstein #Israel #Minerals #InvestigativeJournalism dropsitenews.com/p/epstein-bar

  40. #PaxSilica is akin to a condominium of allies who negotiate advantages among themselves under rules defined by a controlling partner.

    Helberg sticked the doctrine up at the State Department’s blog:
    "The Digital Sovereignty Trap": statedept.substack.com/p/the-d
    "A armadilha da soberania digital": state.gov/translations/portugu
    "La trampa de la soberanía digital": state.gov/translations/spanish
    In French: mastodon.social/@estellep/1168

    #India already requested assurances that the tech provided would not be turned off. The switch button exists and a country that depends on it has already had to ask that it not be triggered.

    #killSwitch #hegemony #manipulation #ecosystems #innovation #digitalSovereignty #sovereignty #infrastructure #minerals #interference #intrusion #meddling #foreignPolicy #soberania

  41. is akin to a condominium of allies who negotiate advantages among themselves under rules defined by a controlling partner.

    Helberg sticked the doctrine up at the State Department’s blog:
    "The Digital Sovereignty Trap": statedept.substack.com/p/the-d
    "A armadilha da soberania digital": state.gov/translations/portugu
    "La trampa de la soberanía digital": state.gov/translations/spanish
    In French: mastodon.social/@estellep/1168

    already requested assurances that the tech provided would not be turned off. The switch button exists and a country that depends on it has already had to ask that it not be triggered.

  42. Pax Silica is a United States-led international project. Its declared purpose is to counter reliance on China in semiconductors, AI and rare earth elements.
    Countries that signed the "Pax Silica Declaration" at the December 12, 2025, summit in Washington, D.C. are: Australia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the United Kingdom, United States. 🧶

    #hegemony #manipulation #ecosystems #innovation #digitalSovereignty #sovereignty #infrastructure #minerals #interference #intrusion #meddling #foreignPolicy #infrastructure #soberania #PaxSilica

  43. Pax Silica is a United States-led international project. Its declared purpose is to counter reliance on China in semiconductors, AI and rare earth elements.
    Countries that signed the "Pax Silica Declaration" at the December 12, 2025, summit in Washington, D.C. are: Australia, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the United Kingdom, United States. 🧶

  44. Das Sommerferienprogramm der terra mineralia, der Mineraliensammlung der TU Bergakademie Freiberg, hält viele spannende Rätsel zum Mineral #Calcit bereit. Die Mädchen und Jungen tauchen dabei spielerisch in die märchenhafte Welt der Minerale ein.

    tu-freiberg.de/news/terra-mine

    #StudierenInFreiberg #Minerals

  45. Das Sommerferienprogramm der terra mineralia, der Mineraliensammlung der TU Bergakademie Freiberg, hält viele spannende Rätsel zum Mineral #Calcit bereit. Die Mädchen und Jungen tauchen dabei spielerisch in die märchenhafte Welt der Minerale ein.

    tu-freiberg.de/news/terra-mine

    #StudierenInFreiberg #Minerals