Topic: resource extraction
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Elon Musk's Moon Focus Amid Co-Founder Exodus and IPO Plans
Elon Musk has directed his AI company, xAI, to pivot towards establishing a lunar manufacturing facility to build advanced AI satellites, aiming for a competitive edge through space-based resources. This strategic shift coincides with significant leadership turnover, as half of xAI's original fou...
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Startup Fights Copper Shortage With Prebiotics
A global copper shortage is projected by 2040, prompting a startup to innovate by boosting recovery from existing mines rather than just increasing exploration. Transition Metal Solutions uses a novel biological method, applying prebiotic additives to optimize the entire indigenous microbial comm...
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Moon Helium-3 Mining Could Make Oil Obsolete
Helium-3, a rare isotope abundant on the Moon but scarce on Earth, is driving a new space race for its potential in quantum computing and clean nuclear fusion energy. It is essential for cooling quantum computer qubits to near absolute zero and offers a path to low-waste fusion power, though extr...
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