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CAIRO: Mining companies awarded blocks in Egypt’s Eastern Desert are set to start exploring for gold under a legislative overhaul that seeks eventually to unlock vast untapped mineral resources. Despite plentiful reserves and a rich mining history that gave rise to elaborate Pharaonic gold jewelry, Egypt has just one commercial gold mine in operation. Foreign investment in oil and gas has grown, but mining has languished. Now, the country is banking on high gold prices and amended mining laws that scrap red tape and a profit-sharing rule, unpopular in the industry, to lure interest. One yea...

After crash, section of bridge over Northway to come down News staff FacebookTwitterEmail 14 1of14Buy PhotoA view of the Sitterly Road overpass above Interstate 87 on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Clifton Park, N.Y. A truck towing a trailer with a boom lift and traveling south on I-87, struck the bridge Wednesday morning, resulting in all lanes of I-87 southbound to be shut down to traffic. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less 2of14 State officials said a boom lift hit the Northway overpass above Sitterly Road in Clifton Park Wednesda...

Sitterly Road bridge over Northway in Clifton Park to be partly demolished in wake of crash | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Clifton Park April 21, 2021 The boom lift Wednesday morning, left. Damage to the underside of the overpass. ERICA MILLER, LEFT; CLIFTON PARK FIRE DEPARTMENT, RIGHT Shares0 GAZETTE COVERAGE The southbound side of the Northway will be closed from 8 p.m. Saturday to approximately noon Sunday, weather permitting, as that segment of the span is taken out, the state Department of Transportation reported Wednesday. In the near future a temporary span will be installed and the sta...

(Schenectady) Daily Gazette A truck towing a trailer with a boom lift struck the Sitterly overpass on Interstate 87 southbound near exit 9 in Clifton Park on Wednesday. (Provided photo — Erica Miller, Daily Gazette) Traffic backs up down Route 9 southbound in Jonesville Wednesday after a truck towing a trailer with a boom lift struck the Sitterly overpass on Interstate 87 southbound near exit 9 in Clifton Park. (Provided photo — Erica Miller, Daily Gazette) Traffic backs up down Route 9 southbound in Jonesville Wednesday after a truck towing a trailer with a boom lift ...

Truck driver ID’d in Clifton Park Northway overpass strike; Colonie resident ticketed | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS The boom lift Wednesday morning, left. Damage to the underside of the overpass. Shares0 GAZETTE COVERAGE George Gizzi, 56, of Colonie, was traveling in the right most southbound lane early Wednesday morning. The boom lift on the trailer of the truck had raised, exceeding the high limit for the Sitterly overpass and struck the bridge. The impact knocked the boom lift from the trailer and it came to rest across all three lanes, state police said. The impact also severely damaged...