I was half a mile into the mine shaft, and my heart was racing. Hunched underneath the low ceiling and hardly able to see, I…
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These Microbes May Help Future Martians and Moon People Mine Metals
Microbes may be the friends of future colonists living off the land on the moon, Mars or elsewhere in the solar system and aiming to…
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Small miners hungry for fresh capital despite rampant EV enthusiasm
TORONTO – Small miners hoping to take advantage of demand for battery metals are struggling to convert electric vehicle aficionados into investors, compounding the sector’s…
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Brazil's Vale evacuates 500 people from dam area in preventive measure
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Vale SA has evacuated around 500 people from a dam area in the Gongo Soco mine in the state of…
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Bitcoin mining farms could push global temperatures up 2C by 2033
Huge farms of computers used to mine Bitcoin produce the same amount of carbon dioxide as every car in the UK combined (and they could…
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Fury as FTSE 100 mining boss and conservation charity patron poses with dead elephant and leopard on 'trophy hunting' trips
Mark Bristow was photographed with several trophy kills including elephants, antelope, gazelle, a hippo, buffalo and a zebra taken in Africa. In promotional material dating…
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Facebook suspends another data mining firm over alleged ties to US government
Facebook has suspended a data analysis company whose contracts with the US government may have violated its polices about how publicly available data about users…
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The world is running out of GOLD – Mining experts warn
The world is running out of GOLD: Mining experts warn discoveries are shrinking Ian Telfer, chairman of Goldcorp, warned we are now at a state…
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