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A New Coal Mine Rises in East Tennessee Amidst Shifting Energy Landscape For a time, it seemed the coal mining chapter in East Tennessee’s Clearfork Valley, nestled in the mountainous region bordering Kentucky, had come to a close. No new mining permits had been issued since 2020, and the area’s last mine ceased operations two […]

The US-Brokered Peace Deal and the DRC’s Mineral Resources A recent peace deal brokered by the United States between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda has raised concerns about the implications for the region’s mineral wealth. This agreement, signed in June 2025, aims to bring an end to three decades of conflict between […]