Search intensifies for five trapped in giant Chile copper mine
Rancagua (Chile) (AFP) - Rescue teams in Chile searched Friday for five miners trapped after a partial collapse triggered by ...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
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Rescuers recover body of trapped worker at Chile copper mine
Rancagua (Chile) (AFP) - One of five miners trapped after a partial collapse at the world's largest underground copper mine ...
Search intensifies for five trapped in giant Chile copper mine
Rancagua (Chile) (AFP) - Rescue teams in Chile searched Friday for five miners trapped after a partial collapse triggered by ...
The Pacific island nation that wants to mine the ocean floor
Rarotonga (Cook Islands) (AFP) - A 1,000-tonne ship is exploring the far-flung South Pacific for riches buried beneath the waves, ...
Japan plans ‘world first’ deep-sea mineral extraction
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan will from January attempt to extract rare earth minerals from the ocean floor in the deepest ...
Philippines biodiversity hotspot pushes back on mining
Brookes Point (Philippines) (AFP) - A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence ...
Sahel juntas pile pressure on foreign mining firms
Abidjan (AFP) - Army strongmen who have seized power in coups across Africa's Sahel region since 2020 have ramped up ...
Venezuela’s El Dorado, where gold is currency of the poor
El Dorado (Venezuela) (AFP) - In the Venezuelan mining community of El Dorado, the majority of residents carry around gold ...
China carefully assembling a deep-sea mining strategy
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - In a world hungry for crucial resources, China may not be poised to start ...
‘No doubt’ Canadian firm will be first to extract deep sea minerals: CEO
New York (AFP) - The head of submarine mining pioneer The Metals Company told AFP he had "no doubt" the ...
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