Race to name creatures of the deep as mining interest grows
Paris (AFP) - In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners ...
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‘Dark oxygen’: a deep-sea discovery that has split scientists
Brest (France) (AFP) - Could lumpy metallic rocks in the deepest, darkest reaches of the ocean be making oxygen in ...
Giant mine machine swallowing up Senegal’s fertile coast
Lompoul (Senegal) (AFP) - Like something from the science fiction film "Dune", the "world's biggest mining dredger" has been swallowing ...
Brazil mine disaster trial ends with claimants hopeful of justice
London (AFP) - A trial to decide Australian mining giant BHP's liability for one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters concluded ...
UK makes manslaughter arrest of ship captain over North Sea crash
Grimsby (United Kingdom) (AFP) - British police on Tuesday arrested on suspicion of manslaughter the captain of a ship that ...
Ships blaze after North Sea crash, govt rules out foul play
Grimsby (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Two ships were still on fire in the North Sea on Tuesday after a cargo ...
Ships blaze, spill feared after North Sea crash
Grimsby (United Kingdom) (AFP) - Fires were raging on Tuesday after a cargo ship laden with toxic materials slammed into ...
One missing after cargo ship, tanker collide in North Sea
Grimsby (United Kingdom) (AFP) - One person was missing Monday after a cargo ship ran into a US-military charted tanker ...
Peru farmer confident ahead of German court battle with energy giant
Lima (AFP) - A Peruvian farmer suing a German energy giant in a "David and Goliath" battle over climate change ...
Philippines’ Palawan approves 50-year ban on new mining permits
Manila (AFP) - The local government in a resource-rich Philippine province has unanimously voted in favour of a 50-year ban ...
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