We need a ‘Manhattan Project’ to beat China in the war over rare-earth minerals
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We need a ‘Manhattan Project’ to beat China in the war over rare-earth minerals

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In a small dusty African town of Ngualla, Tanzania, two mining landowners this year sat waiting for their guest, bantering in friendly conversation, when the door opened suddenly and in stepped a Chinese general. A decade of similar meetings had accustomed them to…

Rio Tinto employees report rise in bullying, sexual assault | Mining

Rio Tinto employees report rise in bullying, sexual assault | Mining

Half of survey respondents also say mining giant’s workplace culture has improved ‘a lot’ or ‘a little’. More than one-third of workers at Rio Tinto experienced bullying in the previous 12 months, a progress review has found, nearly three years after the mining giant pledged to tackle pervasive sexism and…

Two saved from abandoned South Africa gold mine after court orders rescue | Mining News

Two saved from abandoned South Africa gold mine after court orders rescue | Mining News

DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Rescue operations involving volunteers under way in Stilfontein amid reports that hundreds are still trapped underground. Two men have been pulled out from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa after a court ordered the police to lift a blockade and allow the rescue of hundreds of…

Volunteers mobilise as South Africa says it will rescue trapped miners | Mining News

Volunteers mobilise as South Africa says it will rescue trapped miners | Mining News

Government initially closed a shaft to deprive undocumented miners it called ‘criminal’ of food, water and medicine. Dozens of local volunteers have stepped up to help rescue what could be thousands of miners feared trapped underground in an abandoned gold mine in the town of Stilfontein in South Africa. Local…

Brazil seals bn compensation deal with BHP, Vale over 2015 dam collapse | Mining News

Brazil seals $30bn compensation deal with BHP, Vale over 2015 dam collapse | Mining News

The dam collapse unleashed wave of tailings in disaster that killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless, flooded forests. Brazil has signed a 170 billion reais ($29.85bn) compensation agreement with miners BHP, Vale and Samarco for the Mariana dam collapse in 2015, one of the country’s worst environmental disasters. The agreement…

Brazil victims of mining disaster take BHP to court in London | Environment News

Brazil victims of mining disaster take BHP to court in London | Environment News

Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster have turned to a United Kingdom court for compensation, almost nine years after tonnes of toxic mining waste poured into a major waterway, killing 19 people and devastating local communities. The class action lawsuit at the High Court of Justice in London on Monday…

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 941 | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 941 | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the war enters its 941st day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Monday, September 23, 2024. Fighting The number of people injured in a Russian air attack on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, rose to 21, including an eight-year-old child. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia…

A city at risk of collapsing: The cost of the search for gold in Zimbabwe | Mining News

A city at risk of collapsing: The cost of the search for gold in Zimbabwe | Mining News

Kwekwe, Zimbabwe – Dorothy Moyo says a prayer every time she walks, runs or drives around her neighbourhood in central Zimbabwe – afraid that the earth will give away from beneath her feet, dragging her underground. The 36-year-old’s fear is not uncommon among the hundreds of families living in the…

African countries must make their voices heard on deep-sea mining | Environment

African countries must make their voices heard on deep-sea mining | Environment

With negotiations to adopt rules and regulations for commercial deep-sea mining in international waters resuming this week at the International Seabed Authority (ISA), African countries have an extremely important role to play in the future of this industry and the health of our ocean. ISA, as a UN-affiliated institution, was…