{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Mining Insider","title":"US-Iran Talks Secure Hormuz Roadmap, China Bans Rare Earth Exports to MP Materials, Pentagon Backs Energy Fuels With $725 Million, and Newmont Cadia Hit by Twin Quakes","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/5a4f1fa4\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":656,"description":"US-Iran talks in Switzerland conclude with a 60-day roadmap and a Hormuz communication mechanism — oil falls to $78 and energy cost normalization resumes for global mining operations. China escalates its critical minerals campaign by banning rare earth exports to MP Materials and USA Rare Earth, the two Pentagon-backed US rare earth producers, with immediate effect. The Pentagon responds the same day with a conditional $725 million, 20-year loan to Energy Fuels to build a rare earth separation and metallization hub at White Mesa Mill in Utah. And Newmont's Cadia mine in New South Wales is halted for the second time in nine weeks after twin magnitude 3.4 and 3.2 earthquakes — operations resumed Sunday following a staged safety restart.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/tM0qY1Awzyjj0ffY02GbzMv5DPGZS2aj9E0TbEsufrM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mZjE0/MDA1NDMwYTk2MGRk/YWI2YWEwNTUyZmU2/NjE2MS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}