Feb 27, 2023, 05:09 PM. BEIJING – China has launched an investigation into suspected illegal mining practices in Yichun city, the "lithium capital of Asia", the authorities said. The area is ...

Mining accidents are not uncommon in this country, and the industry's safety regulations can be badly enforced. According to the National Mine Safety Administration (NMSA), there were 573 mining ...

Dec 09, 2023, 12:19 PM. RUSTENBURG, South Africa – Rebel miners blockaded more than 440 workers underground in a South African gold mine on Dec 8, amid tensions that included a murder this week ...

Hatten Land shares soar after news of crypto mining, solar energy ventures ... To help fund its new strategic initiatives, the company is placing out 80,000,000 new shares at 2.3 cents each to ...

Rio, BHP and Fortescue Metals Group produce almost two-thirds of the world's seaborne iron ore from Western Australia. Typical iron ore from the region has a grade of between 56 per cent and 62 ...

Anti-mining advocates said the decision was a "short-sighted and misplaced development priority of the government". Read more at straitstimes. Philippines lifts ban on new open-pit mines | The ...

Jan 13, 2018, 04:50 PM. PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A municipal council in Selangor has put an end to bitcoin mining activities conducted illegally in two residential properties ...

While the single dive alone yielded some 68 new species, attempts to grab rock and sediment samples were hampered by the damage wrought by the immense pressure on the submersible's hydraulic arms.

Feb 15, 2023, 08:19 AM. PARIS - Scientists warned on Tuesday that controversial seabed mining could significantly threaten ocean ecosystems, especially blue whales and other cetaceans already ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the deployment of 3,300 army personnel to help combat illegal mining activities, Ramaphosa's office said in a statement on Thursday. Read ...

Jan 23, 2023, 12:30 PM. UTAH – He is best known as a hunky, sea-dwelling superhero in the blockbuster movie Aquaman (2018), but actor Jason Momoa brought a stark and sober warning about the ...

Australia set for new mining boom to meet rising global demand ... PHOTO: REUTERS. Jonathan Pearlman. For The Straits Times. Updated. Feb 19, 2022, 10:19 AM. Published. Feb 19, 2022, 10:00 AM.

To fund the acquisition, Huan Hsin has also entered into a proposed subscription agreement with Oriental Straits Investment to issue 3.6 billion shares for an aggregate amount of S$80 million in ...

ACCRA (REUTERS) - An explosion in Ghana's rural Western Region on Thursday (Jan 20) razed hundreds of buildings and killed an unknown number of residents when a truck carrying explosives to a gold ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) - Two subsidiaries of Swiss mining company Solway Investment Group hid reports of pollution in an indigenous area of northeastern Guatemala, an international consortium of ...

Jun 29, 2022, 10:47 AM. LISBON (REUTERS) - The World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) chief warned on Tuesday (June 28) that the potential impact of mining the deep sea could be terrifying and called for ...

Malaysia supplied 1.27 million tonnes of bauxite to China in the first nine months of last year, 12 times more than the 105,000 tonnes shipped in the same period for 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on as he meets with Argentina's President Javier Milei (not pictured) at the Casa Rosada Presidential Palace, in Buenos Aires, Argentina February 23, 2024.

People participate in a protest against a new mining contract signed into law by Panama's government, providing Canadian mining firm First Quantum a 20-year mining right, with an option to extend ...

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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The Trump administration is drafting a legal blueprint for mining on the moon under a new US-sponsored international agreement called the Artemis Accords, people familiar ...

India banned TikTok along with dozens of other apps by Chinese developers in June 2020, saying they could compromise national security and integrity. Nepal's government …

Jan 29, 2024, 02:12 PM. BATU ARANG - Residents of a former coal-mining town in Malaysia's Selangor state are up in arms over plans to build a RM4.5 billion (S$1.3 billion) incinerator in their ...

Feb 14, 2024, 01:22 AM. ISTANBUL - Hundreds of Turkish rescuers searched through a cyanide-laced field Feb 13 for nine gold mine workers who were swallowed by a massive landslide that rolled over ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department has cracked down on a Bitcoin mining syndicate spearheaded by Chinese nationals in a late-night operation on …

He and his team have visited Semakau many times to collect waste samples, and to do site investigations, such as using non-intrusive methods to determine the properties of the waste up to 20m deep.

Dec 27, 2023, 04:08 PM. Published. Dec 27, 2023, 11:22 AM. TAIPEI - As Taiwan's election approaches in January 2024, it is not only fraught ties with China competing for electors' attention ...

Published. Apr 18, 2024, 05:07 PM. KRIVELJ, Serbia - Before dawn, 78-year-old Vukosava Radivojevic prepared breakfast for her husband then walked into her village in eastern Serbia to guard a ...

Nov 22, 2023, 11:11 AM. CLERMONT-FERRAND, France – A couple from France's Auvergne region took a neighbour to court on Nov 21 for digging for sapphires in a local stream, demanding at least ...