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Economic impact of unrest in New Caledonia

Hundreds of military and armed police reinforcements deployed to the riot-scarred streets of France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia, seeking to quell clashes that have left five people dead and hundreds injured. The violence is the ...

France 24

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The quest to mine precious metals in space

Modern-day electronics depend on a steady supply of precious metals — and some companies think it could soon be cheaper and better for the environment to get them from space.

Scripps News

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Indigenous Bolivians claim share of sunken Spanish cargo

Members of three South American indigenous communities have filed a legal request to share any proceeds from the sunken treasure of a Spanish galleon if it's recovered. Colombia wants to claim the wreck and its contents, but the indigeno...

Reuters

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Congo accuses Apple of using exploited minerals for its products

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has threatened Apple with legal action for using so-called ‘blood-minerals’ in their devices. The DRC has asked the iPhone maker to desist from using minerals smuggled from eastern Congo from mines wh...

TRT World

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Coal miners grow increasingly worried over EU's Green Deal

In a central Bulgarian mining region, anger is growing over the EU's Green Deal and its obligation to phase out fossil fuels. Miners there face an uncertain future with millions of EU funds in jeopardy - leaving coal workers in limbo.

TRT World

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DR Congo accuses Apple of using 'blood minerals' from war-torn east

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country have said.

France 24

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Indigenous tribes march for justice in Brazil

Thousands of Indigenous people have gathered in the Brazilian capital, for a five-day protest defending their land and cultural rights. It's against what they say are unfulfilled promises by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, to protec...

Al Jazeera

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Nuclear-waste dams threaten fertile Central Asia heartland

Dams holding vast amounts of uranium mine tailings above the fertile Fergana valley in Central Asia are unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl-scale nuclear disaster if they collapse that would make the region uninhabitable, studies ...

Reuters

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Meet the women fighting to relocate their Serbian village

Nearly two dozen women are at the center of a battle to have their village in eastern Serbia relocated away from a copper mine that they say has polluted their land and water and ruined the surrounding countryside.

Reuters

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How illegal gold mining is causing a global chocolate shortage

Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever this Easter as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farmers in West Africa who are also fighting to preserve their land against unlawful gold...

France 24

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Miners in Kosovo break Ramadan fast underground

Kosovar miner Emin Hasani feels closer to God when he breaks the Ramadan fast over 2,600 feet underground. He and several of his colleagues laugh and chat with each other as they share the Iftar meal, eaten after a day of fasting between...

Reuters

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Dozens feared dead in Venezuela mine collapse

Dozens of miners are feared dead in a remote region of central Venezuela. Sixteen bodies have been recovered so far. A wall of earth collapsed in an illegally operated gold mine, while dozens were at work.

Al Jazeera

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Venezuela gold mine collapse kills dozens

Rescue workers are digging through an open-pit gold mine in Venezuela, which has collapsed. At least 23 people working in the illegal mine were killed, and dozens of worried relatives are still awaiting news of their loved ones.

TRT World

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Brazil fights wildcat gold mining in the Amazon

Deep in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil is fighting destructive wildcat gold mining as it spreads from Indigenous lands into government-protected conservation areas. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vowed to stamp out illegal mining...

Reuters

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First survivor pulled out of Zambia mine after landslide

The first survivor has been pulled out alive after last Friday's landslide in Zambia that flooded a copper mine. It trapped at least 25 people who were working there. The rescue mission for the others continues.

Al Jazeera

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As men fight, women keep Ukraine coal mines going

After more than a thousand of its workers went to fight Russia's invasion, a colliery in eastern Ukraine suffered a huge staff shortage. Its answer was to allow women to work underground for the first time in its history.

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The impact of conflict on global oil prices

Oil prices could rise to more than $150 a barrel if the conflict in the Middle East escalates, according to the World Bank. It comes a little over a year since the Ukraine war caused a spike in oil and food prices.

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Global fossil fuel demand will peak before 2030, report says

Global demand for fossil fuels will peak before 2030, according to the International Energy Agency’s annual World Energy Outlook.

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U.S faces toxic legacy of nuclear testing

The anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki by the United States in World War II was commemorated on August 9. The Cold War arms race that followed left a radioactive legacy on Native American land in the U.S.

Al Jazeera

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Grand Canyon to be protected from uranium mining

U.S President Joe Biden has designated a new national monument to protect land around the Grand Canyon from uranium mining. Nearly a dozen Indigenous tribes called for the protection of about 4,000 square kilometres in the Grand Canyon N...

Al Jazeera

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The Ukrainian coal fuelling Russia's steel industry

Russia has taken over operations of coal mines in the occupied Donetsk region, with work continuing even as fighting rages above. Following last week’s Russia-Africa summit in Moscow, local officials say coal mined in the region could so...

Al Jazeera

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Global demand for coal causing havoc in South Africa

South Africa became Europe's alternative to Russian coal after Putin's army invaded Ukraine last year. But the soaring demand also wreaked havoc on the country's roads as thousands of trucks rushed in to exploit the surge and the problem...

Bloomberg

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China bans export of chip manufacturing materials

The price of cars, tech and phones are set to rise after China announced restrictions on the export of two materials vital to the semiconductor industry. Germanium and gallium are needed to make chips used in everything from solar panels...

Al Jazeera

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The race to stop an environmental disaster off Yemen

Salvage experts have begun work to prevent an environmental disaster off the coast of Yemen. A million barrels of oil need to be pumped off a rusting oil tanker. It is at the centre of an international dispute over who owns the oil on bo...

Al Jazeera

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U.S sanctions Wagner-backed African mines

The United States has imposed sanctions on four companies and one individual, in efforts to stem funding of the Wagner Russian mercenary group, including from gold mining activities in the Central African Republic.

France 24

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Invasion complicates work in Ukraine's coal mines

Russia's invasion has thrown up huge challenges for Ukraine's coal mines, from the danger posed by air strikes to the departure of miners off to the front to fight.

Reuters

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Global talks to end plastic waste

French President Emmanuel Macron warns that global plastic pollution is a 'time bomb' as delegates begin five days of talks in Paris aimed at reaching an international treaty to end plastic waste.

EuroNews

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Is shutting down nuclear energy a mistake?

Germany’s atomic age ended on April 15th, 2023—during an energy crisis. Now coal plants are being fired up again to ensure a reliable supply of energy. Was shutting down Germany’s nuclear power plants a mistake?

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