20+ hour, 1+ min ago  (660+ words) America's Abandoned Coal Mines Could Become Giant Underground Batteries'Yahoo News Singapore As many as half a million abandoned coal mines dot the United States. These mines pose a major threat to public health and safety, in addition to environmental well-being....

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (796+ words) Countries contaminated by landmines after years of conflict are turning to remote-controlled demining vehicles to accelerate their clearance, reducing the threat to deminers while covering far larger areas than the usual methods. In Azerbaijan, unmanned systems are produced by local…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (470+ words) A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The colonial police, made up of Nigerians and Europeans, shot…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (639+ words) Ghana is preparing to overhaul its mining laws to increase its share of the revenues generated by the surge in the precious metal's price, sparking concern among foreign mining companies in Africa's top gold producer. By revising its mining code,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (605+ words) A Chinese mining group which is on America's forced labour watchlist has announced its acquisition of a Canadian mining company in the days following Mark Carney's visit to China. Zijin Gold International, one of the world's largest gold miners with…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (743+ words) Europe could one day start mining in space. In September 2025, the European Commission released its annual Foresight Report, highlighting, among other points, how growing competition for critical raw materials could drive the bloc to explore space mining, starting with the…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (363+ words) The main rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the M23, has walked away from peace talks with the government, saying it will not return unless the authorities adhere to a previous ceasefire deal. Fighting between the two sides escalated…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (452+ words) A historic red wooden church considered one of Sweden's most beautiful buildings is to be moved from its longtime home in the Arctic town of Kiruna next week as part of a campaign to expand Europe's biggest underground mine. Kiruna…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (569+ words) Geopolitical tensions and conflicts, such as those in Ukraine, made the EU realise how vulnerable it is in relying on just one or even a few countries for key resources. As was the case with Russian gas, the same logic…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1277+ words) M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo recently allowed the BBC to visit a huge mining site under their control which is vital to the production of the world's mobile phones - and over its vast expanse not one person was…...