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California farmers preparing to remove clingstone peach trees following the permanent closure of the Del Monte cannery in Modesto.

Del Monte’s Chapter 11 collapse left a California peach farmer staring at ripping out 20 acres of 9-year-old Ross cling trees tied to $12,500-an-acre contracts, after a shuttered Modesto canning hub and only 24,000 of 74,000 tons finding processing capacity turned the rest into fruit that may rot or be destroyed

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May 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM

A close-up view of a tiny, reddish-orange kyawthuite crystal, the only confirmed natural specimen of this mineral species in existence.

The rarest mineral recognized by science weighs about 0.011 ounces, exists as a single known natural specimen, and its discovery exposes how fragile Earth’s catalog still is

By Adrian Villellas

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May 31, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Aerial view of the Port of Recife in Brazil, showing the urban harbor, navigation channel, and coastal breakwater.

The Port of Recife will spend about $19.7 million on dredging to handle ships up to 689 feet, and that quiet project decides which cities win or lose trade

By Adrian Villellas

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May 28, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Small tiny home with a front porch, representing compact permanent housing for veterans.

Plans are underway in Cincinnati to build a new “Veterans Village” featuring 14 tiny homes on church-owned land. Each unit, measuring 276 square feet, will include a porch, kitchen, dining area, and full bathroom, and will cost $70,000, allowing veterans to move out of their temporary housing

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May 27, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Construction site for an immersed tunnel beside a wide port channel, with concrete tunnel sections, cranes, boats, and city buildings in the background.

São Paulo stuns with a roughly $1.35 billion megaproject – Brazil’s first immersed tunnel will span 0.93 miles and force the city to reinvent underwater construction logistics

By Adrian Villellas

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May 26, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Prince William standing in front of the Nansledan housing development in Cornwall, part of the Duchy of Cornwall estate.

Prince William will sell one-fifth of the Duchy of Cornwall, and he says the profits will be funneled into housing and nature projects chosen for the biggest social and environmental impact

By Kevin Montien

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May 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Reporter standing near cattle on Kentucky farmland connected to a proposed data center project near Maysville.

A mother and daughter near Maysville turned down $26 million to sell farmland for a data center, and their blunt reason is that feeding the country matters more than a tech buyer paying roughly 10 times the land’s farm value

By Sonia Ramírez

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May 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Iron ore transport and export operations linked to Guinea’s Simandou mining project and Chinese steel supply

China receives the first shipment of 200,000 tons from Africa’s largest “hidden iron” deposit: the move smells like a geopolitical shift

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May 22, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Mountain mining area at Filo del Sol in Argentina where scientists identified a massive copper deposit

Argentina and the “Thread of the Sun”: scientists follow a copper trail and discover something that sounds like treasure… but the ending isn’t what you’d expect

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May 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Close-up of raw gold nuggets, linked to Kazakhstan’s reported discovery of gold and strategic mineral deposits.

The discovery that seems “too good to be true”: 19 tons of gold and strategic minerals… but the most interesting part is what they are NOT telling us

By Adrian Villellas

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May 18, 2026 at 12:30 PM

A wide-angle view of the Damang open-pit gold mine in Ghana, showing heavy machinery and terraced excavation levels.

A South African gold miner has become the first major casualty of Ghana’s tighter resource-control push, and the move shows how fast Africa’s mining rules are changing

By Sonia Ramírez

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May 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Visitors feed a giraffe at Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kansas

A zoo in the United States is building a $46 million African savanna, and the most striking feature isn’t the giraffes or the rhinos, but a hotel with a direct view of the habitat

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April 21, 2026 at 8:45 AM

Band of Holes at Monte Sierpe in Peru showing thousands of pits carved into a hillside linked to ancient trade

The 5,200 holes dug into a mountain in Peru are no longer a mystery, and the explanation changes what we knew about their ancient economy

By Kevin Montien

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April 19, 2026 at 10:15 AM

Gold bars and coins displayed at auction in France with high-value lots attracting global bidders

It’s very rare to see so much gold in one place: gold bars and nearly 1,000 coins are being auctioned off in France, with a total value exceeding 2 million

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April 19, 2026 at 6:30 AM

A close-up of a high-efficiency magnet used in electric vehicle motors and wind turbines, designed without rare earth elements.

It’s not about lithium or batteries: the problem driving up the cost of electric cars and wind power might lie in a tiny magnet, and a new AI has already found a way to do without rare earth elements

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April 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Copper, gold, and silver rocks representing the major Andes discovery on the Argentina-Chile border

What they have discovered in the Andes Mountains, between Argentina and Chile, is not just any mine, but a colossal deposit containing up to 84 billion pounds of copper, tens of millions of ounces of gold and silver, and a potential that is already revolutionizing the market

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April 10, 2026 at 5:31 AM

Large fragment of the Aletai iron meteorite seized by Russian customs after smugglers attempted to export it as a garden sculpture.

Russia intercepts a 2.8-ton fragment of the Aletai meteorite, valued at $4.2 million, which was being smuggled out of the country disguised as a simple garden ornament

By Sonia Ramírez

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April 2, 2026 at 7:27 AM

Bulldog Coaster roller coaster at Brean Theme Park in Somerset, linked to the park’s liquidation and planned reopening

Another theme park goes bankrupt and closes its doors “forever”: what has happened in recent weeks is more serious than it seems

By Kevin Montien

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March 23, 2026 at 6:30 AM

Aerial view of a major container port near the Panama Canal, showing cranes, cargo areas, and ships at berth amid the port dispute

The battle for Panama’s ports is entering a new phase, and China has issued a stern warning

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March 22, 2026 at 10:15 AM

A vast open-pit iron ore mine in Western Australia's Hamersley Province, showcasing the rich red hematite deposits.

Australia has just discovered the largest iron deposit ever recorded, weighing 5.7 billion tons, and the most impressive thing is not its size, but its age

By Adrian Villellas

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March 20, 2026 at 6:30 PM

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