Australia to stockpile critical minerals in strategic reserve
Sydney (AFP) - Australia will stockpile critical minerals in a new strategic reserve, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, as ...
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Long-abandoned Welsh mine revived as gold prices soar
Bontddu (United Kingdom) (AFP) - At the bottom of a long-abandoned mine, 50 metres below the surface, one company searches ...
Companies keen to start deep-sea mining off Norway
Bergen (Norway) (AFP) - Companies are raring to explore the Arctic seabed off Norway, which could become the first country ...
Spain coal mine blast kills five
Degaña (Spain) (AFP) - Five people died and four were seriously injured in a blast Monday at a coal mine ...
Vance says Denmark has ‘under-invested’ in Greenland
Pituffik (Denmark) (AFP) - US Vice President JD Vance accused Denmark on Friday of not having done enough to protect ...
Sudan’s booming wartime gold trade flows through the UAE
Port Sudan (Sudan) (AFP) - Sudan's gold industry has become the lifeblood of its war, with nearly all of the ...
Prospect of copper mine reopening revives tensions in Panama
Donoso (Panama) (AFP) - Piles of copper concentrate from a Canadian-owned mine closed by the Panama courts in 2023 sit ...
Prospect of copper mine reopening revives tensions in Panama
Donoso (Panama) (AFP) - Piles of copper concentrate from a Canadian-owned mine closed by the Panama courts in 2023 sit ...
Spain eyes boom in ‘neglected’ strategic mining sector
Madrid (AFP) - Spain is aiming to tap its unexplored strategic mining resources as the European Union urgently seeks to ...
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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