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Search for radioactive capsule lost somewhere in Australia

SYDNEY: Mining giant Rio Tinto has lost a tiny, toxic radioactive widget in Western Australia, somewhere along on a 1,400 kilometre stretch of isolated highway through the arid Outback.

Bangkok Post

Clive Palmer’s mining company pumped $116m into UAP at 2022 election, helping it outspend major parties

Revelation likely to add to transparency stakeholders calls’ for caps on political donations

The Guardian - AU

Biden blocks Pebble gold mine in salmon-rich area of Alaska

The Biden administration banned the dumping of mining waste near Bristol Bay, Alaska, issuing a decree that thwarts longstanding plans to extract gold, copper and molybdenum because of potential harm to the region’s thriving sockeye salmon industry.

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Azerbaijan asks World Court to order Armenia to help demining effort

Azerbaijan on Tuesday called on judges at the World Court to order Armenia to help demine areas it previously controlled and stop planting explosive devices which prevent Azeri nationals from returning to their former homes.

Reuters

The race to find an 8mm radioactive capsule lost on an 870-mile stretch of Australian Outback

A mining company dropped a tiny capsule of caesium-137 somewhere along an 870-mile stretch of Western Australia’s Great Northern Highway. The plan is to find it before someone gets hurt, Liam James reports

The Independent UK

ReLieVe Aims To Establish First European Battery Recycling Centers

French multinational mining and metallurgy company Eramet develops the ReLieVe lithium-ion battery recycling process to establish recycling centers in Europe.

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Mining group Rio Tinto apologises for losing radioactive capsule in Western Australia

The mining giant Rio Tinto has apologised after losing a radioactive capsule in Western Australia. The tiny object disappeared along a 1,400-kilometre route between a mining site and Perth. It could put any person within a 5-metre radius at risk. Local authorities have launched investigations to understand how the capsule…

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Australia mining company sorry for losing radioactive device

A mining corporation has apologized for losing a highly radioactive capsule over a 870-mile stretch of Western Australia

The Independent UK

Scholz seeks to secure more critical minerals on South America tour

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lobbied this week for South America to prioritize cooperating with Germany in its commodities sector as Berlin joins the race for critical minerals, with lithium key for its auto industry.

Reuters

Rio Tinto apologises for loss of tiny radioactive capsule in Australian outback

Rio Tinto Ltd apologised on Monday for the loss of a tiny radioactive capsule that has sparked a radiation alert across parts of the vast state of Western Australia.

Reuters

Highly radioactive cancer-causing capsule MISSING after mining company blunder

Rio Tinto Iron Ore has apologised for losing the highly radioactive object, prolonged exposure to which can cause cancer and skin burns

Daily Mirror

Australian mining company apologises for losing highly radioactive capsule on 1,400km stretch of road

Caesium-137 source emits a radiation amount that is equal to receiving 10 X-rays in an hour

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka Seeks to Benefit from Saudi Mining Experience

Sri Lanka’s Environment Minister Naseer Ahmed emphasized the presence of prospects for cooperation between Colombo and Riyadh in various fields, especially the mining sector. Looking forward to strengthening cooperation with Saudi Arabia in the mining sector, Ahmed said his country could benefit from the Kingdom’s experiences in developing the mineral…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Why Brazil's Yanomami are being devastated by disease and gold mining

Many in Brazil were left wondering how the public health emergency gripping the Yanomami indigenous population could materialise so quickly, but this is no sudden disaster.

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Diversification the key as Pilbara towns prepare for the age of mining automation and possible population impacts

As large mining companies seek to maximise profit, productivity and safety through more automated mine sites, locals worry their small towns will be left feeling the pinch.

ABC News

Queensland ghost towns such as Copperfield, Maytown, Mary Kathleen allow tourists to connect with the past

Scattered throughout the state, ghost towns capture moments in history. But some are concerned their potential isn't being fully harnessed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Sudan at the Center of Global Interest in Green Minerals

As Khartoum and Riyadh prepare to raise the level of comprehensive bilateral cooperation, Sudanese Minister of Minerals Mohamed Bashir Abdullah revealed that efforts were underway to revive the Red Sea Agreement with Saudi Arabia. In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Abdullah said the Future Minerals Forum, which was recently held…

The Independent UK

Warning as cancer-causing radioactive capsule lost in Australia

Tiny Caesium-137 capsule reported missing more than two weeks after being transported from mining site

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Search underway for radioactive capsule missing in Australia

Parts of Western Australia were under a radiation alert on Saturday after authorities said a radioactive capsule used in mining was lost en-route to the state's capital, Perth.

The Independent UK

Study: Enough rare earth minerals to fuel green energy shift

The world is trying to switch from electricity produced by burning fossil fuels to cleaner wind and solar power, but some people have worried that there aren't enough rare earth minerals to make the green electricity switch

The Independent UK

Norway's last Arctic miners struggle with coal mine's end

For more than 100 years, people came to the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to work in coal mines

ABC News

Ravensthorpe nickel operation becomes latest WA mine to push ahead with wind power switch

The owners of the Ravensthorpe nickel mine on WA's south coast are the latest in a string of mining companies to embrace wind power as part of efforts to lower carbon emissions.

The Independent UK

Why Brazil's Yanomami are being decimated by disease, mining

Severe malnutrition and disease, particularly malaria, are decimating the Yanomami population in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and on Jan. 20 the federal government declared a public health emergency

Reuters

Ecuador says illegal mining is national security threat

Ecuador's government said on Thursday it has declared illegal mining a national security threat, saying it has connections to money laundering and arms trafficking, and said it will take actions to combat it.

The Independent UK

US moves to protect Minnesota wilderness from planned mine

The Biden administration has moved to protect the pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeastern Minnesota from future mining

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