Rescue operation to free trapped miners in South Africa
NewsFeedAl Jazeera’s Hatu Mutasa reports from Stilfontein, South Africa, as rescue workers bring miners to the surface after months of ...
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Operation under way to rescue trapped miners from South African gold mine
The Mining Affected Communities United in Action group says at least 400 men remain trapped in the abandoned mine, where ...
As Trump talks up trade war with China, fears rise for rare earths supply
Taipei, Taiwan – As United States President-elect Donald Trump gears up for a second trade war with China once he ...
AI-powered mining firm backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos is now worth $2.96 billion as it takes on Chinese rivals
Marc Andreessen and Reid Hoffman are among the list of billionaire backers rallying behind AI-powered mining prospect KoBold, with the ...
Authorities say 22 rescued from Afghanistan mine collapse
No casualties reported after hours-long rescue in Samangan province in northern Afghanistan.Twenty-two people have been rescued after a mine collapsed ...
Biden in Angola: What’s behind the last-ditch Africa trip?
United States President Joe Biden is visiting Angola this week on his first-ever bilateral trip to Africa as president – ...
Teenagers climb out of illegal South African gold mine
NewsFeedA group of teenagers have climbed out of an illegal gold mine in South Africa where a weeks-long standoff with ...
Russia woos Namibia to mine uranium, sparking water safety fears
Windhoek and Leonardville, Namibia – Impo Gift Kapamba Musasa holds a hose pipe in one hand and gestures to a ...
Rio Tinto employees report rise in bullying, sexual assault
Half of survey respondents also say mining giant’s workplace culture has improved ‘a lot’ or ‘a little’.More than one-third of ...
Two saved from abandoned South Africa gold mine after court orders rescue
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Rescue operations involving volunteers under way in Stilfontein amid reports that hundreds are still trapped underground.Two men ...
Volunteers mobilise as South Africa says it will rescue trapped miners
Government initially closed a shaft to deprive undocumented miners it called ‘criminal’ of food, water and medicine.Dozens of local volunteers ...
A little-known startup is acquiring enormous diamonds—and shaking up a $100 billion industry
For more than a century, Antwerp has been a crucial hub for a $100 billion global industry—one that virtually defines ...
Brazil seals $30bn compensation deal with BHP, Vale over 2015 dam collapse
The dam collapse unleashed wave of tailings in disaster that killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless, flooded forests.Brazil has signed ...
Brazil victims of mining disaster take BHP to court in London
Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster have turned to a United Kingdom court for compensation, almost nine years after tonnes ...
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