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#1 Texas Data Centers, Crypto Miners Reduced Power During Storm

Jan 30 2026 // Electric Reliability Council of Texas Chairman Bill Flores said Thursday that some data centers and cryptocurrency miners voluntarily curtailed power use during the recent winter storm that strained the state’s grid...

#2 Flood in Vale Mining Area Damaged Brazilian River, State Government Says

Jan 27 2026 // Overflowing water in a mining area owned by Brazil’s Vale caused environmental damage as it reached the local Maranhao River, Minas Gerais state government said in a statement on Monday.The overflow on Sunday, in two...

#3 Congo Fighting Drove Spike in Insurance Costs, Squeezing Miners, Insurer Says

Feb 4 2026 // Political violence insurance premiums in Democratic Republic of Congo jumped as much as tenfold last year due to unrest in the east, boosting insurers but lifting costs for copper-cobalt miners, insurance executives told...