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Another Mine In Trouble But The Diamond Crisis Might Be Fading
A perfect 100-carat natural diamond heading for auction at Sotheby's in London. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) The diamond crash claimed another victim this week as South African focused Petra Diamonds launched a business rescue plan for its…
Mining giants fuel revival of green energy investment
More solar farms will begin construction in Australia in 2026 than any previous year on record as the power demands of big corporates and the growth of batteries promise to turn around a prolonged investment slump holding back the energy…
Iran has mined 'large segments' of Hormuz Strait, Secretary of State Rubio says
Secretary of State Macro Rubio indicated to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that mines in the Strait of Hormuz pose a significant threat. It is unclear how many mines Iran has laid in the sea lane, but ship traffic is unlikely to return to…
Northern Star hints at mine sales after US hedge fund attack
Northern Star Resources has hinted in a strategic review that its mines in Western Australia's Yandal region could be sold as it faces pressure from a prominent activist hedge fund to improve its performance or be swallowed by a larger gold miner.
Damang Owners Prove Capacity Of Local Mining Coys - The Ghanaian Chronicle
The ongoing transformation of Damang Gold Mine by indigenous operator, Damang Gold Mine Limited, is being touted as a strong justification for Ghana's growing push towards local ownership of strategic mineral assets, following a massive US$250…
Mining's least difficult child leads a rare earths revolution
The small demonstration bottles filled with different shades of sky blue, pale green, black, grey and white powders look like a kid's colouring kit. They are actually key to the global fight to wean the world off Chinese control of the rare earths…
Georgia Announces Crackdown on Illegal Bitcoin Mining
Latest News PublishedJun 2, 2026 Georgia will reportedly install electricity meters across Mestia to curb illegal crypto mining after officials blamed miners for grid strain and outages. Georgia will reportedly install electricity meters across…
Mined-out land inside KMML to grow sandalwood, miyawaki forest
For years, a sprawling 60-plus acres inside Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited (KMML) stood as a stark reminder of the environmental cost of industrial progress. This was mined-out land, an ecological dead zone reduced to a structureless matrix of…
CM urges Centre to reach out to laterite mining lease applicants
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has written to Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy seeking relief for the applicants who applications for mining lease have been put on hold following changes in the classification of…
True North hits 51m copper zone near Qld Cloncurry mine
True North Copper has delivered a suite of broad, shallow copper and gold assay results from a recently completed exploration and resource extension drilling program at its Great Australia Mine in North-West Queensland. The company says the results…
Anglo American wants to remove production restrictions on mine
Mining firm Anglo American wants to remove restrictions on its annual polyhalite production as part of its Woodsmith project near Whitby. The company is developing a polyhalite fertiliser mine and a 37-kilometre tunnel as part of a plan to…
NYT chairman Sulzberger says AI companies 'strip-mine' news sites of their intellectual property
MANILA, Philippines – Offering the opening remarks at the WAN-IFRA World News Media Congress in Marseille, France, on Monday, June 1, New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger slammed tech giants, specifically AI companies, for…
Local party chief probed after 82 killed in Chinese mining tragedy
Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments Published Jun 02, 2026, 11:00 PM BEIJING, June 2 - A party chief in the northern coal-rich Chinese province of Shanxi is under investigation over 'suspected serious violations of…
The Oil Signal That Could Broaden The Market Rally
(Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images) The S&P 500 has climbed more than 15% since early April, bouncing back after a tough stretch that began with the war in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The rebound has…
Sushmita Sen's career was in India, mine was in London: Why Lalit Modi-Sushmita broke up
6 min read Mumbai Make us preferred source on Google In 2022, former IPL chairman and businessman Lalit Modi ‘broke the internet' when he declared his relationship with Sushmita Sen on social media. Fans and followers of Sen and Modi had…
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