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A miner in the mountains of eastern Afghanistan poured water over a block of jade, exposing the green stone that is part of the...
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Climate change and efforts to curb it by moving away from fossil fuels are both threatening the rights and livelihood of Sami indigenous people...
World
Earlier this month, soldiers swooped by helicopter into a vast mining complex in western Mali and made away with three tonnes of gold —...
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Rescuers retrieving illegal miners from a disused South African gold shaft said on Thursday a final sweep appeared to show nobody was left underground,...
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Ivory Coast’s mining industry is booming, driven by foreign investment and the discovery of new deposits, but the country now wants a bigger slice...
World
In a patch of South America rich in lithium, used to make batteries for electric cars and other tech, Bolivia is lagging behind its...
Business
French nuclear group Orano said Wednesday that authorities in Niger had taken “operational control” of its uranium mining unit, in an escalating spat between...
World
Norway has suspended plans to start giving licences for deep-sea mining next year that had faced opposition from environment groups and international institutions, a...
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The World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Norwegian chapter will have its day in court Thursday, after it sued Norway for opening up its...
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Torn between the defenders of the world’s seabeds and industrialists eager to exploit the vast, untapped resources of the deep, the international community faces...