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Police remove treehouse protesters

Police in Germany have arrested around 30 activists who are attempting to stop coal mining on the site of a 12,000 year-old forest

16 September 2018

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How a robot in deep water can bring enlightenment

A European research project is using a robot to boldly go where no one has potentially gone before. An underwater sphere stuffed to the gills with technology is capable of entering a mine, mapping it and returning on its own.

2 July 2018

Cult

Eurovision goes underground in Romania

Romania's fourth Eurovision heat got underway 86-metres underground in a salt mine

13 February 2018

Russia

Welcome to Berezniki, the city swallowed by sinkholes

The city of Berezniki, in Russia's Ural mountains, is slowly disappearing into the ground.

5 December 2017

Brazil

Brazil under fire over Amazon forest mining decree

Brazil's government is scrambling to respond to public outcry after it dismantled a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining.

29 August 2017

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Aboriginal art against mining

28 August 2017

Russia

Miners remain missing at Russia largest diamond pit

A flood last week trapped over a hundred workers in an underground shaft and rescuers are scrabbling to rescue the remaining nine miners.

11 August 2017

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PERU: EMERGENZA INQUINAMENTO

23 June 2017

Iran

Iran: 21 killed and dozens hurt in coal mine blast

At least 21 people have died and scores more are injured after an explosion at a coal mine in northern Iran on Wednesday.

3 May 2017

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Trash to treasure: how can we extract valuable resources from production waste?

Greek scientists have developed a technology that allows them to obtain rare earth elements (REEs) from waste ore in an economical and environmentally friendly…

26 April 2017

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Takeaway: Treasure from waste

This red mud, the leftovers from aluminium production, is more than just waste.

24 April 2017

India

Fatal Indian mine collapse leaves dozens trapped

Mudslide smothers entrance in Jharkhand

30 December 2016

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Burkina Faso wants to share its gold wealth

We are a hundred meters underground, in the tunnels of the Bagassi gold mine.

5 December 2016

Turkey

Three killed in Turkey copper mine collapse

A major rescue operation is underway in southeast Turkey where a copper mine collapsed on Thursday.

18 November 2016

Europe

Bosnia and Herzegovina: dying for coal

On all Saints day, people had come from all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and even from abroad, to honour their loved ones at the cemetary of the Divkovici village, in Bosian and…

11 November 2016

France

Huge 'Constellation' diamond unveiled in Paris

The world’s most-expensive unpolished diamond at the time of sale has been unveiled in a Paris exhibition.

9 September 2016

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Madagascar takes to mining with wary eye on risks

Madagascar is desperately poor and needs to develop its vast natural resources, but it is also a global ecological treasure house, subject to international scrutiny. Global capital will not invest her

8 September 2016

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Scientists fear deep-sea mining

Scientists fear that even before one of the last frontiers of exploration, the ocean deep, has been properly studied it will already have been exploited by commercial deep-sea mining looking for rare

5 September 2016

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Takeaway: sea mining

Deep ocean floor has never been mined for resources That is about to change Mining companies may launch deep-sea mining by 2018 Environmental consequences remain unknown Researchers are rushing to fil

5 September 2016

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Clashes erupt in Bolivia

Miners’ protest over “neoliberal” agenda of Bolivian President Evo Morales ends in clashes with several people injured and hostages taken.

13 August 2016