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Turkey arrests 110 coal miners on hunger strike
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (105+ words) hpenews. com The miners had been on a topless hunger strike outside the Turkish energy ministry since Monday Several miners had slogans written across their bare skin One hundred and ten Turkish coal miners who had marched 200 kilometres (125 miles) to…...
Botswana seals energy, mining deals with Oman
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (168+ words) hpenews. com Botswana President Duma Boko visited France last week Botswana has signed energy and mining exploration agreements with Oman as it seeks to deepen economic ties with the sultanate, the presidency said. The Southern Africa nation has been courting…...
Argentine MPs approve bill to allow mining in glaciers
1+ week, 5+ day ago (112+ words) The scammer conned Americans for three years, mainly targeti" How Iran conflict and more have impacted cable news stations. A Greenpeace activist unfurls a banner reading 'Hands off the Glaciers Law' outside Argentina's parliament ahead of a vote by MPs…...
Zimbabwe lithium export ban triggers crackdown, concerns
3+ week, 5+ day ago (145+ words) High Point Enterprise Lithium is used in batteries for products like EVs and smartphones Lithium carbonate is a key starting material for many battery'grade products A month after banning raw lithium exports, Zimbabwe is tightening its regulations and ramping up…...
Senegal to take back assets of phosphate giant ICS
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (105+ words) High Point Enterprise Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko said the government had renegotiated a string of contracts -" mainly with foreign firms -- in key sectors including mining Senegal's government said on Friday it would take back all the assets of ICS…...
Japan eyes remote Pacific island for nuclear waste
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (85+ words) High Point Enterprise Japan is looking into using its remote and easternmost Pacific island Minamitorishima for long-term storage of nuclear waste Japan is looking into using a remote deserted Pacific island nearly 2, 000 kilometres (1, 250 miles) from Tokyo as a site for…...
'I couldn't breathe': The dark side of Bolivia's silver boom
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (145+ words) The Cerro Rico silver mine in Bolivia, once the jewel of the Spanish Empire, is at the heart of a new scramble for precious metals, driven by the global energy transition The Cerro Rico mine produced half of the world's…...
World copper rush promises new riches for Zambia
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (773+ words) American athletics prodigy Cooper Lutkenhaus broke the world" Former US president Barack Obama on Saturday condemned the o" Copper demand has exploded in recent years Chinese firms control major stakes in key copper mines and smelters in Zambia Copper is…...
Swiss mining giant Glencore reveals merger talks with Rio Tinto
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (356+ words) High Point Enterprise Glencore is in early talks to explore a possible merger with rival Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto may be interested in Glencore's copper assets which include this refinery in Montreal, Canada Swiss resources giant Glencore said Friday it…...