Miners
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Europe: Shares slip on miners, energy drag; France’s Air Liquide hits record high
EUROPE’S benchmark stock index snapped a four-day winning streak on Tuesday, weighed down by basic resources and energy stocks, while French industrial gases firm Air Liquide jumped to an all-time…
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South African Miners See Gold In Hills Of Waste
In Johannesburg, illegal miners and mining companies are in a race to tap golden riches hidden in hundreds of heaps of mine waste, many taller than a 20-storey building. The…
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22 Miners Killed In Tanzania Landslide
Twenty-two people have lost their lives following a landslide at a mine in northern Tanzania, officials said on Sunday. The accident occurred in Simuyu region’s Bariadi district, more than 500…
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Fears For Miners On Second Day Of S.Africa Underground Protest
Frantic families waited at the surface Tuesday for news of more than 2,000 platinum miners who have taken over two shafts in one of South Africa’s biggest mine protests in…
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South Africa Miners Resurface After Underground Dispute
More than 400 South African gold miners who remained underground for four days, amid tensions between unions and the mine owners, returned to the surface on Monday, some telling AFP…
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Lithium Miners Bet on Direct Extraction In Bid For Efficiency, Sustainability
Lithium is the most critical mineral to the future of global energy systems, powering everything from electric vehicles to personal electronics. It is also used to produce depression medications, large-scale…
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Some S.African Miners Return To Surface After Underground Dispute
Some of the miners who stayed underground for more than two days in a standoff between rival South African labour unions began returning to the surface Wednesday, their representatives said.…
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Gold And Mercury, Not Books, For Venezuela’s Child Miners
At 10 years old, Martin cannot read, but he is an old hand at detecting traces of the gold he and his young cousins dig for at an open-pit mine…
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Ukraine Coal Propped Up By Miners Who Fled Russian Occupation
Of the 89 coal mines that were in Ukraine at the break-up of the Soviet Union, 71 are in the eastern Donbas region, now partly held by Russian forces AFP…
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Breaking The Ice: A Top Miner’s Bold Plan To Reshape Arctic Living
In a bold move Russian mining powerhouse Nornickel has stepped onto the ice to engage with the indigenous people of Tukhard, a remote Arctic settlement. Collaborating with architectural wizards Wowhaus…
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Canada’s Budget Measures Brighten Funding Prospects For Critical Miners
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau applauds as Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland presents the federal government budget for fiscal year 2023-24 in the House of…
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Miners Grow Anxious As Canada Tightens Foreign Investment Rules
Visitors crowd booths at at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) annual conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 1, 2020. Reuters Junior mining companies hoping to produce lithium,…
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European Shares Lifted By Miners’ Best Week In Nearly Two Years
The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, March 2, 2023. Reuters European shares rose on Friday as hopes the U.S. Federal…
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‘Operation Exodus’: Brazil Miners Flee Yanomami Land
Alleged illegal miners leave a mining area inside Yanomami indigenous land AFP Wearing broken flip-flops held together by a frayed cord, Joao Batista, an illegal gold miner in the Brazilian…
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Brazil Readies Task Force To Expel Miners From Yanomami Lands, Officials Say
A village of indigenous Yanomami is seen during Brazil’s environmental agency operation against illegal gold mining on indigenous land, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, in Roraima state, Brazil…
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