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Move to net zero 'inevitably means more mining'
BBC NEWS   24 May 2021   World  
A key source of lithium are salts from South America's Atacama desert
<p>The public will need to accept greater mining activity if the world is to meet the challenge of going green.<br />Resource experts say the current supply of various metals and minerals cannot support a global economy producing net zero carbon emissions.<br ...
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14th International Sumposium of continuous surface mining - Greece, Thessaloniki, 23-26 September 2018
http://www.iscsm.gr/   07 September 2018   Greece   Thessaloniki  
<p>The Symposium aims at giving an opportunity to professionals from the mining industry and practitioners from consulting companies, equipment suppliers and software providers, people from research institutions and government agencies as well as academic ...
Artisanal gold miners in Nigeria seek government help
MINING.com   02 April 2018   Nigeria   West Africa  
Searching for Gold in Kwara State, Nigeria. Photo by Gudjohnsen007, Wikimedia Commons.
<p>Artisanal gold miners in the Niger state of Nigeria are asking the Muhammadu Buhari government to help them operate under conditions that allow them to take better care of the environment and contribute to the local economy.</p> <p>In an interview with ...
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UK Professors Receive $2.1 Million Award to Advance Autonomous Underground Mining Systems
uky.edu   23 November 2017   USA   Kentucky  
<p>LEXINGTON, Ky. (Nov. 21, 2017) &mdash; Underground coal mines are tight spaces characterized by limited mobility and visibility. These are factors that cause difficulty for equipment operators and introduce serious risks for workers around haulage vehicles, ...
Canadian mining firm withdraws threat to quit Greece amid protests
The Guardian   21 September 2017   Greece  
Eldorado Gold workers protest in Athens. Photograph: Costas Baltas/Reuters
<p>Greece&rsquo;s biggest foreign investor has withdrawn its threat to pull out of the country in a dispute with the government over mining permits, as miners protested in Athens fearing job losses.<br />George Burns, chief executive of the Canadian mining ...
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Unlikely heroes: how lithium mining could change the Pilbara for the better
The Guardian   10 May 2016   Australia   Australia  
Autonomous haulage trucks operating at a mine in the Pilbara area of Western Australia. Photograph: Reuters
<p>Out Western Australia way unlikely new environmental heroes can be found toiling in the red ochre dust of the Pilbara.</p> <p>Until recently companies such as Altura Mining, which has a long rap sheet of coal projects to its name, weren&rsquo;t exactly ...
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Iran mining attracts $10 billion
Press TV   01 February 2016   Iran  
Iran stands to make an estimated $700 billion off its vast deposits of minerals.
<p>Iran&rsquo;s mining sector has now more than $10 billion of investment pledges by the Europeans and Chinese under its belt, Deputy Mine, Industry and Trade Minister Mehdi Karbasian says. &ldquo;$10 billion of foreign investment package has been drawn up ...
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China economist warns major miners may collapse in 2016
ABC News   17 December 2015   World  
Photo: BC Iron has shut down its mining operations until prices improve. (Sue Lannin: ABC News) Map: Australia
<p>A prominent China economist has predicted more mining companies could go bankrupt globally in the new year, including major second tier firms, as China's economy slows down and commodity prices keep falling.</p><p>He has forecast that iron ore prices will ...
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Tanzania gold miners trapped for 41 days rescued
BBC NEWS   17 November 2015   Tanzania   Shinyanga region  
Issa Michuzi / The miners said to be very weak and are recovering in hospital / BBC
<p>Five gold miners have been rescued in western Tanzania after being trapped underground for 41 days, while 12 others are still missing, police say.<br />The artisanal miners survived by eating roots, soil, frogs and cockroaches and are receiving treatment ...
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Cold diggers: Inside the freezing Siberian gold mine so remote that food has to be ordered two years in advance before it is driven along a 220-mile ice road that melts for most of the year
Daily Mail   23 October 2015   Russia   Kupol mine, Siberia  
Some of the workers enjoy a two month break but only after completing two months of work without any weekends
<p>Situated high above the Arctic circle, the Kupol mine of Siberia is one of the toughest places to work in the world with temperatures reaching as low as minus 31 degrees Fahrenheit.<br />Gold was first discovered in the region in the 1940s and was forcibly ...
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