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Ellie Goulding in hypocrisy row after promoting pink diamonds from toxic mine
Pop star Ellie Goulding has admitted a “mortifying” error of judgement after promoting pink diamonds from a mine embroiled in a 'forever chemicals' row. The eco-campaigner – an ambassador for wildlife charity WWF who received…
Teeth reveal hard lives of medieval lead mining communities
Antiquity/Colin Merrony/Anna Bloxam Part of medieval Derbyshire may have had worse pollution than during the Industrial Revolution - and women may have suffered the most, archaeologists have found. The Peak District was a centre for lead production…
Lachlan treasure chest draws fresh wave of NSW mining hopefuls
Australia's legendary Lachlan Fold Belt has long been one of the nation's great mineral treasure chests, sprawling more than 700 kilometres through central New South Wales and into Victoria, featuring billions of dollars' worth of copper and gold…
BlackRock urges mining giants to sell their rail networks
One of the world's most influential mining investors has urged BHP and Rio Tinto to consider selling their iron ore railways under a plan to liberate billions of dollars of cash for shareholders and new mines. BlackRock World Mining Fund manager…
Night mining, numberless tippers, paper owners: Inside Punjab's 'illegal' mining network
4 min read Chandigarh Make us preferred source on Google From paying village youths Rs 500 to keep a lookout for enforcement teams to transporting sand and gravel in vehicles without number plates, operators involved in alleged illegal mining along…
Britney Spears Seemingly Throws Shots at Pop Stars Today: 'At Least Mine Was Real
There has been a concentrated effort at recreating the superstardom of Britney Spears. After all, she was the face of pop music when it was at its highest point. Why wouldn't they want to try and bring back the feeling we're dearly missing today?
US Iran War Live Updates: 'Violating' vessel on fire in Hormuz after sea mine blast
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says an oil tanker caught fire after it hit a sea mine in the Strait of Hormuz on October 18. The Guards said the ship was “violating regulations”. Iranian state TV aired video that it…
Punjab's (illegal) mining story: A ban in place, but digging goes on
6 min read Anandpur Sahib, Ropar Make us preferred source on Google Bhallan village, like most of the others in Punjab, settles into silence by around 10 pm, its residents having retired for the night. The quiet, however, is soon shattered as…
Charanjit Channi's midnight sand mining raid, PM Modi's early wish, file routing to CBI
4 min read Chandigarh Make us preferred source on Google Controversies of yore have a way of catching up with today's crusaders. Former Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, who has taken to midnight activism by touring riverbeds to expose…
Centre considering overhauling the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957
The government is considering overhauling the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, into a comprehensive new mining law, a move aimed to incorporate ease of living and ease of doing business reforms, sources said. The mines…
The 'rising star' of the whisky industry at Annandale Distillery
Zoey Darnbrough is the first to admit that just a few years ago she did not even know there was a whisky distillery near her hometown in southern Scotland. But it hasn't stopped her rising rapidly from tour guide, to group tourism and events…
The 'rising star' of the whisky industry at Annandale Distillery
Giancarlo Rinaldi South Scotland reporter Zoey Darnbrough is the first to admit that just a few years ago she did not even know there was a whisky distillery near her hometown in southern Scotland. But it hasn't stopped her rising rapidly from tour…
Criminal networks threaten the Amazon. Indigenous leaders want the UN to act
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Indigenous leaders from across the Amazon are taking their fight against illegal mining, drug trafficking and deforestation to a United Nations conference in Vienna starting Monday. More than a dozen Indigenous…
Trump's Middle East mess pushes allies toward Putin's Arctic
If Donald Trump had known what consequences would arise from his war on Iran, would he do it all over again? In a few short months, the United States' intervention in the Middle East has caused Tehran to demand more control over the Strait of…
Drones as first responders: welcome to the future of policing
Ever-advancing information technology has digitised everything from paperwork, to how many of us go shopping or even how we socialise. It now steps deeper into the physical world - through drones. But as the skies fill with code-driven machines…
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