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We visited Concordia, where 29 people were arrested for protesting against a mine

There is growing speculation that the G7 countries will announce sanctions on Russian diamonds in September. These sanctions, supported by a

According to a report by Zimbabwe’s state-run Sunday Mail, quoted by Mining Weekly, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has stockpiled 300,000

Work from home is over at Goldman Sachs.

A mine isn’t the safest place to be, but the products of the mining industry are more in demand than ever. Technology is helping the industry become safer, more efficient and less costly. Drone technology, collision-avoidance systems, artificial intelligence and digital twinning are four innovations revolutionising the mining industry.

Strikes across Portuguese National Health Service over pay, conditions and staffing including one-day national strike of GPs and pharmacists; electricity workers in Lebanon join indefinite four-month-long public sector pay strike; Nigerian doctors at University College Hospital begin three-week strike over colleagues’ wages unpaid for three months

As the UK works to secure critical minerals supply from around the world, UK Minister of State for Industry in the Department for Business and Trade

Botswana Diamonds has been granted a five-year prospecting permit in South Africa on property holding a cluster of kimberlites.

The International Air Transport Association is forecasting that global airlines will earn a collective $9.8-billion in profit this year, which is double its previous estimate published in December. In a speech this month, director-general Willie Walsh indicated that the increase was attributable to a post-pandemic surge in flying in North America and Europe, driving up ticket prices. However, he also warned that margins remained “wafer thin”.

The project entails the construction of an electric vehicle battery plant that will produce about 40 GWh/y.