The #US imports include maize, wheat, barley, rice, motorcycles, poultry, fruit, wood, clothing & dental floss…. They totalled about €21 billion ($23 billion) last year, meaning the #EU's retaliation will be against goods worth less than the €26 billion of EU #metals exports hit by #Trump’s #tariffs.
They are to enter force in stages - on April 15, May 16 & a final stage on almonds & soy beans on December 1.
The 27-nation bloc faces 25% import #tariffs on #steel & #aluminium & #cars as well as the new broader tariffs of 20% for almost all other goods under #Trump's policy to hit countries he says impose high barriers to US imports.
The #EU will put in place duties mostly of 25% on a range of #US imports from next Tues in response specifically to the US #metals tariffs. The bloc is still assessing how to respond to the car & broader levies.
**Late Bronze Age Metal Exploitation and Trade: Sardinia and Cyprus**
“_An array of new provenance studies demonstrates the complexity of the Bronze Age metal trade and, taking a maritime perspective, provides the opportunity to reveal how strategically positioned actors such as Nuragic Sardinia managed to dominate sea-borne routes, and gained a prominent and independent international position._”
Sabatini, S. and Lo Schiavo, F. (2020) ‘Late Bronze Age Metal Exploitation and Trade: Sardinia and Cyprus’, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 35(13), pp. 1501–1518. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/10426914.2020.1758329.
#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #History #Archaeology #LateBronzeAge #Metals #Copper #Tin #Lead #Mining #Trade #Nuragic #Sardinia #Cyprus @histodon @histodons @archaeodons
#Trump says he will raise #tariffs on #Canada #metals to 50%
Trump said on Tuesday he has instructed his commerce secretary to add an additional 25% tariff on all #steel and #aluminum coming into the #UnitedStates from Canada, bringing the total tariff on those products to 50%.
#RevengePolitics #economy #trumpcession #idiocracy #USpol #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/trump-says-he-will-raise-tariffs-canada-metals-50-2025-03-11/
#Trump seeks #minerals refining on #Pentagon bases
Trump aims to build #metals refining facilities on Pentagon #MilitaryBases as part of his plan to boost domestic production of critical minerals & offset #China's control of the sector….
The move is one of several planned for an #ExecutiveOrder Trump could sign as soon as Wed after he told #Congress he would "take historic action to dramatically expand production of critical minerals & rare earths here in the USA."
Today I got to deliver something that's been living in my head for a while: a course on the #identification and #care of #metals in #collections! 
If you came along (it was open to Welsh professionals): thank you, I hope you learned something useful to your day-to-day!
If you'd like to do something similar: get in touch, I'd love to do this again. 
Now I can briefly stop thinking obsessively about metal and corrosion products...
What metals can be found on asteroids, and how much is an asteroid worth? From @ScienceAlert: “Many articles talk about a mission to Psyche, the largest metallic asteroid in the asteroid belt, as visiting a body worth US$10,000,000,000,000,000,000, assumedly because their authors like hitting the '0' key on their keyboards a lot.” Read about what all those astonishing calculations mean for the actual value of the asteroids that we might mine.
Power Metal: The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future by Vince Beiser, 2024
The powerful ways the metals we need to fuel technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and rising violence — and how we can do better.
In September/October, I'm starting an informal, online working group for PhD students & early-career scholars who are working on #earlymodern or #medieval #metals and metalworking, and who want to discuss their work in a safe, collaborative space.
Let me know if you want to join! Please share if you know of anyone who might be interested.
#histsci @renaissance @histodons @historikerinnen @medievodons 1/2
The deep #sea has emerged as a new #mining frontier in the global race towards energy security, with countries vying to explore and exploit its reserves of #metals, such as nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese.
These #minerals – critical to the energy transition – are held in the deep ocean’s nodules, hydrothermal vents and crusts, but the impacts of mining these deposits are still far from being fully understood.
#biodiversity #climate
https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/deep-sea-mining/
A UN body that regulates deep international waters is preparing to elect its next leader,
a crucial position as it faces pressure to either ban, approve or place a moratorium on #seabed #mining.
The upcoming election comes as the Jamaica-based 
International Seabed Authority ended a two-week session on Friday without reaching a consensus on a regulatory framework for deep-sea mining.
The drawn-out debate raises concerns that the authority could receive an application later this year seeking the first deep sea mining exploitation license without having rules or regulations in place.
The Metals Company, a Canadian-based mining company, is largely expected to be the first to apply for such a license.
Mining exploration has been ongoing in the 
Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone,
which covers 1.7 million square miles (4.5 million square kilometers) between Hawaii and Mexico.
It is occurring at depths ranging from 13,000 to 19,000 feet (4,000 to 6,000 meters).
However, no exploitation licenses have been issued.
That could soon change given that some companies and countries are eager to mine the seabed and meet a surging demand for #precious #metals including cobalt, nickel and copper that are used in green technology.
More than two dozen countries have called for a ban, pause or moratorium on deep-sea mining.
Companies including BMW and Samsung SDI also have pledged not to use raw materials from deep-sea mining.
However, proponents of deep-sea mining say it is cheaper and has less of an impact than land mining.
Olav Myklebust, the authority's council president, told reporters Friday that there are still outstanding issues regarding a proposed regulatory framework, including inspection, compliance and enforcement and how best to determine payments related to exploitation.
He and secretary general Michael Lodge, who is seeking a third term, did not say if exploitation should start despite the absence of rules and regulations.
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Scientists find ‘#DarkOxygen’ being produced from #metals on the #seafloor
Organisms normally need light to produce #oxygen through #photosynthesis.
Scientists have found evidence that metals naturally occurring on the #ocean floor may be able to produce oxygen — a potential “game changer” they say could change our understanding of the #OriginsOfLife on #Earth.
#Science
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/07/23/dark-oxygen-deep-ocean-mining/
Toxicology of Essential and Xenobiotic Metals Edited by João Batista Teixeira da Rocha & Michael Aschner & Pablo Andrei Nogara, 2024
This book explores how metals like #cadmium, #mercury, #lead, #aluminium, #manganese, and #chromium can harm our health, whether through short-term or long-term exposure. It covers symptoms ranging from immediate nausea to long-term issues like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
@bookstodon
#books
#nonfiction
#toxicology
#metals
#xenobiotic
Where the World’s Aluminum is Smelted, by Country
"This infographic shows estimated aluminum smelter production by country in 2023, based on data from the most recent U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Commodity Summaries, published in January 2024."
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/aluminum-smelter-production-by-country/
Heavy Metal: Earth’s Minerals and the Future of Sustainable Societies brings together world-leading experts from across the globe to reimagine the future of mineral exploration and mining in a post-fossil fuel world.
How can we grapple with the environmental, social and geopolitical challenges caused by the extraction and use of these critical resources?
I'm preparing a talk on resources for French civil servants (now they will have to attend one presentation on #climate, one on #biodiversity, and one on resources as part of a mandatory continuing education) and I thought I would share the images I'll be using here, as I find some of them are quite nice.
So see below for some impressive visualizations on our #resource #consumption.
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#EuropeanCommission will open office in the territory, made strategically important by rare resources and melting ice
#Greenland had many of the raw materials – such as #RareEarth elements and #metals – that it needed for its #GreenTransition.
#VonDerLeyen heads to Greenland as #EU seeks materials for green transition
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/14/von-der-leyen-greenland-office-eu-green-transition
"Until degrowth becomes an urgent and imperative watchword, industrial capitalism will continue to interpret the demands of social movements as technical challenges".
"We cannot be satisfied with improving the energy efficiency of data storage while Internet traffic increases exponentially. We cannot continue to deploy satellites en masse on the assumption that some of them will provide a better understanding of deforestation..."
~ Andreas Malm in "How to sabotage a pipeline"
#Scala's #Metals, the LSP-based IDE, is great, actually.
My $work happens in IntelliJ IDEA, but unfortunately, it's not good for enthusiasts. I can't use my $work license on my personal computer, and many language plugins are only available for the Ultimate edition.
All my play time gradually moved to #VSCode (e.g., Rust, C++, Python, Ruby, Haskell, OCaml, and now Scala). I'm truly thankful that Metals exists. And it works fine, better in some cases 
Meanwhile in Germany, Aurubis (Europe's largest #copper producer) has found 'massive' shortfalls in stock (against its records) leading the firm to suspect it has been subject to a major theft.
The #metals sector is increasingly looking like it needs to keep a better eye on its assets; you'll recall a few months ago, supposed bags of nickel were found on inspection to contain stones (a fraud perpetrated on Trafigura).
This makes stealing copper wire from railways look like hobby-criminality!
