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AWS Signs Two-Year Deal for Rio Tinto’s Nuton Copper to Supply U.S. Data Centers

The agreement couples bioleached copper supply with AWS analytics to optimize Rio Tinto’s Arizona operation.

Chang'e-6 Samples Confirm Hematite and Maghemite on the Moon

China’s Jinlin Crater Confirmed as Earth’s Largest Known Holocene Impact Site

U.S. Finalizes 2025 Critical Minerals List, Adding Copper, Metallurgical Coal, Phosphate and Potash

PNAS Study Finds Rare Water-Rich Meteorite Relics in Chang'e-6 Far-Side Samples

Earliest European Blue Pigment Confirmed on 13,000-Year-Old German Artifact

Mineral Condensation Captured in Planet-Forming Disk of Protostar HOPS-315

Advanced Microscopy Reveals Fiery Origins of Apollo’s Orange Lunar Glass Beads