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ABC Feeds<p>'Inherently destructive': Trump moves world a step closer to commercial deep-sea mining<br>By Adelaide Miller, Peter de Kruijff, and Lucy Cooper</p><p>Scientists and legal experts warn against commercial deep-sea mining as US President Donald Trump signs an executive order opening up both US and international waters.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/deep-sea-mining-us-executive-order-sparks-condemnation/105224062" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-05-02/dee</span><span class="invisible">p-sea-mining-us-executive-order-sparks-condemnation/105224062</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/MiningEnvironmentalIssues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiningEnvironmentalIssues</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/InternationalLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalLaw</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/MiningandMetalsIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiningandMetalsIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copper</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Nickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nickel</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/IronOre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronOre</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/OceansandReefs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansandReefs</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/EnvironmentalImpact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalImpact</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/EnvironmentalPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/EnvironmentalManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalManagement</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/EndangeredandProtectedSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredandProtectedSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/AdelaideMiller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdelaideMiller</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/PeterdeKruijff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterdeKruijff</span></a> # <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/LucyCooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LucyCooper</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Imported iron ore is sorted into piles at a port, Qingdao, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a></p><p>Photograph: AFP/Getty Images </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronOre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronOre</span></a></p>
earthling<p>Iron ore is the lifeblood of Western Australia's economy, but the industry has a new competitor in the form of the Simandou mine in Guinea that holds one of the largest untapped high-grade deposits in the world.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/guineas-simandou-mine-formidible-competitor-wa-iron-ore-sector/105197588" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/gui</span><span class="invisible">neas-simandou-mine-formidible-competitor-wa-iron-ore-sector/105197588</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WA</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Guinea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guinea</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RioTinto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RioTinto</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Simandou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Simandou</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronOre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronOre</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mining</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Could WA's golden goose be under threat from a giant iron ore deposit in Guinea?<br>By Ruby Littler</p><p>Iron ore is the lifeblood of Western Australia's economy, but the industry has a new competitor in the form of the Simandou mine in Guinea, holding one of the largest untapped high-grade deposits in the world.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/guineas-simandou-mine-formidible-competitor-wa-iron-ore-sector/105197588" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-04-22/gui</span><span class="invisible">neas-simandou-mine-formidible-competitor-wa-iron-ore-sector/105197588</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/IronOre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronOre</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Exports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exports</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/MiningandMetalsIndustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiningandMetalsIndustry</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/StateandTerritoryGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StateandTerritoryGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/RegionalCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RegionalCommunities</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/RubyLittler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RubyLittler</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1998806/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bauxite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bauxite</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copper</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/IronOre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronOre</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lead</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nickel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nickel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Platinum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Platinum</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PricePerOunce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PricePerOunce</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/uranium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uranium</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Zinc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zinc</span></a></p>
Ryan Hite<p>Iron ore exports made Australia rich—but also more unequal, more dependent on China, and less economically diverse.<br>Did the lucky country waste its greatest boom?<br>🧵 Full breakdown here: <a href="https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/03/21/australias-mining-boom-how-luck-iron-ore-and-missed-opportunities-shaped-a-nation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ryanjhite.com/2025/03/21/austr</span><span class="invisible">alias-mining-boom-how-luck-iron-ore-and-missed-opportunities-shaped-a-nation/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiningBoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiningBoom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronOre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronOre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a></p>
Railpage<p>GOLD VALLEY TO ARC UP IRON ORE RAIL <a href="http://dlvr.it/TJVGnC" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">dlvr.it/TJVGnC</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ArcInfrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArcInfrastructure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IronOre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IronOre</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RailNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RailNews</span></a></p>