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Iconic Bitcoin mine pivots to AI as industry turns back on crypto
Companies that once filled warehouses with computers to earn Bitcoin - a process known as mining - are now using that computing power for AI. Bitcoin mining companies invested large sums on giant banks of powerful computers as the price of Bitcoin…
Iconic Bitcoin mine pivots to AI as industry turns back on crypto
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service Companies that once filled warehouses with computers to earn Bitcoin - a process known as mining - are now using that computing power for AI. Bitcoin mining companies invested large sums on giant…
Healey: £71m investment to reopen tungsten mine is 'backing British industry'
News from the City, market updates plus comment and analysis from our business desk I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice. John Healey has said Government investment in a tungsten…
Healey: £71m investment to reopen tungsten mine is 'backing British industry'
John Healey has said Government investment in a tungsten mine in Devon will help bolster Britain's defence and nuclear industries. The Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon will receive up to £71 million from the National Wealth Fund to…
Trump says all mines cleared from Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump has said that the US Navy has removed or detonated all mines in the Strait of Hormuz - the vital waterway which Iran has largely closed since the beginning of the war in the Middle East. 'Iran has been notified that any…
Strait of Hormuz cleared of all Iranian mines: Trump
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. Navy has completely cleared the Strait of Hormuz of Iranian -laid mines, indicating a possible major step toward ending the war, now approaching its sixth month. Since the memorandum of…
Owner of Indonesian Coal Mining Giant Bayan in Talks Over Sale
The owner of Indonesia's PT Bayan Resources is in talks to sell a majority stake in the $28 billion miner to a consortium led by a rival tycoon, in what could be one of the country's biggest coal deals. Billionaire Low Tuck Kwong — who owns…
A rare win in Indian country: how tribes drove out a mining company in one week
This story was co-published and supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. When two Oglala Lakota scouts heard drilling was expected to begin on Pe' Sla, the sacred prairie in the Black Hills of South Dakota…
Eldorado Gold: 2 Mines Are About To Change The Cash Flow Story (NYSE:EGO)
Eldorado Gold is a speculative Buy as two long-life mines, Skouries and McIlvenna Bay, enter production, with the stock undervaluing their impact. Skouries and McIlvenna Bay together add 38 years of reserves, shifting EGO from heavy spender to…
Iran, Oman say discussed temporary Hormuz corridor, mine-clearing
MUSCAT, Oman — Iran and Oman's foreign ministers on Tuesday said they discussed a framework for a temporary transit corridor through the Strait of Hormuz and a mine-clearing project in the waterway, which they both border. The strait became…
Mining engineers body hails amended MMDR Act
The Mining Engineers' Association of India (MEAI) has welcomed the MMDR Amendment Act, 2026 describing it as an important step towards providing greater clarity, predictability and stability to the mining industry. In particular, it welcomed the…
Washington Backs Brazil's Serra Verde Mine In $1.55 Billion Rare-Earth Push
The U.S. Department of War has announced a $750 million investment aimed at securing long-term supplies of critical rare-earth elements from Serra Verde's Pela Ema mine in central Brazil, as Washington accelerates efforts to reduce its dependence…
Healey: £71m investment to reopen tungsten mine is 'backing British industry'
The Hemerdon tungsten and tin mine in Devon will receive up to £71 million from the National Wealth Fund to help restart operations at the mine on the outskirts of Plymouth. The Government said it will have the right to ringfence 50% of…
Trump: Mines fully removed from Strait of Hormuz
The U.S. Navy has cleared all mines from the main shipping lane of the Strait of Hormuz, President Trump said on Tuesday. Why it matters: The clearing, part of a low-key operation the last several months, will allow significantly more oil tankers…
Trump claims Strait of Hormuz is de-mined - and being watched by Space Force
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced Tuesday that the “International Waters of the Strait of Hormuz” were completely de-mined and “every square inch” of the waterway is now being monitored by the US Space Force…
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