1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (218+ words) JAKARTA: Seven suspects believed to have been involved in illegal mining and smuggling of tin sand from Bangka Belitung Islands to Malaysia have been detained by the Indonesian National Police (Polri). Polri Director of Specific Crimes, Brig Gen Moh Irhamni,…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago  (133+ words) PETALING JAYA: Lynas Malaysia has secured a 10-year renewal of its operating licence. Lynas Rare Earths Ltd said the Malaysian Atomic Energy Department has confirmed that the company's operating licence for Lynas Malaysia has been renewed for a further 10 years,…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (362+ words) KUALA LUMPUR: Premises owners renting out properties should transfer electricity meter accounts to their tenants to avoid being implicated in power theft linked to illegal cryptocurrency mining, says Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. The Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Transition and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (253+ words) CAPE TOWN, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Five miners trapped underground at a diamond mine in South Africa's Northern Cape Province are now presumed dead, said Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe on Friday. The miners were trapped following a mud rush…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (212+ words) HARARE, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday said that his country is no longer satisfied with being a supplier of raw minerals and is seeking to boost local beneficiation and processing to accelerate industrialization and economic growth. Emphasizing…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (153+ words) PETALING JAYA: Borneo Oil Bhd has announced that a gold mining tenement at Bukit Ibam, Pahang, jointly operated by its wholly-owned subsidiary Borneo Oil Corporation Sdn Bhd and HDL Global Sdn Bhd, has received approval to undertake gold mining operations....

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (541+ words) MEXICO CITY, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities have recovered "10 bodies in the search for workers kidnapped last month from a mine run by Canada's Vizsla Silver Corp in "Mexico's northern state of Sinaloa, the country's attorney general's office said on Monday....

3+ week, 1+ hour ago  (315+ words) JAKARTA: A potential lawsuit over halted mining operations could expose the state to fiscal risks amounting to tens of trillions of rupiah, extending far beyond legal fees to include lost revenue and compensation claims. Josua Pardede, chief economist at Permata…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (383+ words) NEW DELHI: At least eighteen people lost their lives and one got injured after an explosion occurred Thursday (Feb 5) at around 11am at a rat-hole coal mine in the Thangsku area in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya. Also, several labourers…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (233+ words) MELAKA: Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) recorded losses totalling RM29.63mil in 2025 due to electricity theft linked to illegal cryptocurrency mining activities in Melaka. State deputy science, technology, innovation and digital communications committee chairman Datuk Mohd Noor Helmy Abdul Halem said the figure…...