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Trump-linked firms
cash in on mineral lobbying deals
as US cuts aid
https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/transition-minerals/revealed-trump-linked-firms-cash-in-on-mineral-lobbying-deals-as-…

Trump-linked firms make millions from aid-deprived nations
Pakistan, Somalia and Haiti among 11 nations to sign deals with Trump-linked figures, many trading resources like minerals for aid or military support

Nice, Greenland Signs Lucrative Minerals Deal with Europe in Blow to Trump
#trump

Greenland Signs Lucrative Minerals Deal with Europe in Blow to Trump
The Arctic territory has issued a 30-year mining permit to a Danish-French consortium.

🦠 The multitasking microbe that turns CO₂ into minerals
#microbes

The multitasking microbe that turns CO₂ into minerals
At more than 470 times the atmospheric concentration of CO₂, a humble soil bacterium does something extraordinary: it turns gas into stone.

US Is Throwing Away the Critical Minerals It Needs, Analysis Shows - Slashdot
https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/08/23/0120237/us-is-throwing-away-the-critical-minerals-it-needs-analysis-shows

TIL Trump wants Ukrainian minerals from #Putin & to build a resort in Russian occupied Crimea.

☑️ Russia offered U.S. a deal for minerals in Ukrainian territory it seized

Russia offered U.S. a deal for minerals in Ukrainian territory it seized
Russian officials proposed to Trump administration officials an agreement for the U.S. to make money off critical minerals and metals under Moscow’s control.

Sources: the Trump admin plans to reallocate $2B from CHIPS Act to fund critical minerals projects, aiming to cut US reliance on China for key resources (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-weighs-using-2-…

US-Ukraine minerals fund looks for manager as critical resources deal advances: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/15/usukraine-minerals-fund-looks-for.html

In mineralogy, a #polycrystal
(or polycrystalline material)
refers to a solid composed of multiple small, intergrown crystals (crystallites) of the same or different minerals,
arranged in a random or oriented fashion.
Unlike a single crystal, which has a continuous and unbroken atomic lattice,
a polycrystal consists of many smaller crystalline grains separated by grain bo…

Polycrystals
Mineral Matters #767

Minerals were all the talk at the largest Ukraine Recovery Conference: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/14/minerals-were-all-the-talk.html

Ukraine’s minerals fund focus of private investment ahead of major recovery conference: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/08/ukraines-minerals-fund-focus-of.html