The U.S. will seek agreements with eight allied nations as part of a new effort to strengthen supply chains for computer chips and minerals needed for artificial intelligence technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/02/tech/us-minerals-ai-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #mineral #ai #china #rareearths #us #tech #donaldtrump
Earth Sciences students at #univienna have artificially produced an iron sulphate compound in the laboratory and examined its spectral signal. 🔬
The surprise that followed: this signal matches a spectral signal from #Mars that #NASA has not yet been able to assign to any known #mineral.
More: ⤵️
https://fgga.univie.ac.at/en/marsmineral/
“I hope that the people in North Dakota wake up and realize how much money should be in their pockets instead of industry’s pockets,” said Tom Huber, leader of West Virginia’s royalty owner association.
https://www.propublica.org/article/north-dakota-oil-mineral-rights-comparison?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#Trump eyes #mineral wealth as #Rwanda and #DRC sign controversial peace deal in #US
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/27/rwanda-drc-peace-deal-us-trump-m23
> Agreement aims to end decades-old conflict rooted in the 1994 Rwandan genocide but critics have described it as vague and opaque
#Trump eyes #mineral wealth as #Rwanda and #DRC sign controversial peace deal in #US
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/27/rwanda-drc-peace-deal-us-trump-m23
> Agreement aims to end decades-old conflict rooted in the 1994 Rwandan genocide but critics have described it as vague and opaque