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Egypt to Benefit from Mining in the Golden Triangle

Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Tarek El-Molla has said that the development of the Golden Triangle region requires the participation of all sectors to attract foreign and domestic investments. The Golden Triangle project is one of the major mining projects intended to be established between Qena, Safaga, and al-Qusayr.

Asharq Al-Awsat

'Land covered in corpses' as Russia strives for first big Ukraine gains in months

Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces were still holding onto positions in the eastern mining town of Soledar, withstanding assaults by wave after wave of Russian soldiers and mercenaries seeking Moscow's first battlefield victory for months.

Reuters

In polar night, Norway-Russia kids event lights up Christmas

The children’s choir from the Lutheran church in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard traveled three hours each way by boat to mark Orthodox Christmas with the 40 children in Barentsburg, a village owned by Russia’s Arctic mining company in the remote Norwegian territory

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Defamed mining investor awarded $275k

A New Zealand-based social media user calling himself the Stock Swami has been ordered to pay a mining investor at least $275,000 after defaming him on Twitter.

AAP

Black days ahead if coal city does not change

Unsafe and disaster-prone, extractive towns are still attractive to migrant workers.

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Riyadh to Host Int’l Conference on Future of Strategic Minerals

Saudi Arabia will host on Tuesday a round-table meeting of ministers concerned with mining affairs, to discuss the means to build a conscious global mineral sector that meets the increasing demand for strategic minerals. Sixty countries, represented by 40 ministers and 18 high-level officials, will participate in the meeting, along…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it

At last year’s US Africa leaders summit in Washington the US signed an historic memorandum of understanding with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to develop an electric vehicle battery supply chain.

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Aussie experts head to Saudi mining forum

An Aussie contingent has top billing in Saudi Arabia as the oil state looks beyond "black gold" to critical minerals needed for a cleaner world economy.

AAP

As the world moves to a low carbon economy, has diesel fuel run its course?

New technology to replace diesel fuel could transform the freight industry and a lot of the machinery used in agriculture and mining. So what does that look like on the ground?

ABC News

The Missing Minerals

To shift to clean energy, America must rethink supply chains.

Foreign Affairs

Mining official vehicle hit by tipper in Haryana's Ambala, case registered

AMBALA: The police have registered a case of attempt to murder, obstructing government officials from the discharge of their duty and illegal mining, after a tipper involved in mining activity allegedly hit the official vehicle of the mining department and used criminal force against officials in Naraingarh town of Ambala…

The Times of India

Al-Mudaifer: Saudi Arabia Attracting Foreign Investment to Explore Critical Minerals in the Region

Saudi Arabia is exerting efforts to drive foreign investments into the Kingdom and surrounding region for the purpose of exploring strategic and vital minerals used in renewable energy, Khalid Al-Mudaifer, Saudi vice minister for mining affairs, told Asharq Al-Awsat. According to Al-Mudaifer, international reports confirm the world’s need for these…

Asharq Al-Awsat

More than a board game – the painful hidden cost of monopolies

Monopolies don’t just dominate mining and banking – they loom large in sectors you might not initially think of, such as baby food and beer.

The New Daily

Afghanistan's Taliban administration in oil extraction deal with Chinese company

Afghanistan's Taliban-led administration is to sign a contract with a Chinese company to extract oil from the Amu Darya basin in the country's north, the acting mining minister said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik urged to reconsider decisions for auction of mines in virgin forests

BHUBANESWAR: Noted environmental activist Prafulla Samantara on Monday urged chief minister Naveen Patnaik to reconsider the decisions for auctions of five mines in virgin forests of Odisha. The auction date has been fixed on January 16.

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In Afghanistan, coal mining relies on the labor of children

Since the return of the Taliban, Afghanistan's coal exports have increased — and so has child labor. At a coal mine in Baghlan province, boys earn between $3 and $8 for a day's work.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Seeks to Attract $32 Billion Investments in Minerals Sector

Saudi Arabia can play a global role in providing the strategic minerals necessary for the transition to renewable energy, and achieving the goals of net zero emissions, said a report by the Payne Institute for Public Policy, affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines. The report was published by the…

Caixin Global

Senior Provincial Official Pleads Guilty to Graft and Flouting Crypto Ban

Xiao Yi, a former political advisor and party chief in Jiangxi, received more than $18 million worth of bribes

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Saudi Private Sector Operating Revenues Exceed $1 Trillion

Official statistics revealed that the operating revenues of the business sector in Saudi Arabia in 2022 exceeded 4 trillion riyals ($1 trillion). Data published by the General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) on Wednesday highlighted the recovery of the business sector from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Features of the…

Evening Standard

London crypto firm Argo sells Bitcoin mine to Galaxy Digital to shore up finances

London-based crypto firm Argo has agreed to sell its Bitcoin mining facilities to New York-based Galaxy Digital as part of a $100 million deal to shore up its shaky finances.

Reuters

Azerbaijan demands Karabakh mine access as condition to end protests blocking road

Azerbaijan said on Tuesday protests which have blocked the supply route to ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh for more than two weeks would be suspended if monitors were given access to what it calls illegal mining sites in the enclave.

Bangkok Post

Electricity stolen for bitcoin mining in Buri Ram

BURI RAM: Police on Sunday searched a commercial building in Nang Rong district where electricity was suspected to have been stolen to operate bitcoin mining.

Reuters

Key mining route cleared after days of protests, Peru government says

A key road for mining transportation in Peru was cleared after days of protests, a government minister said, as the country struggles with political tensions following the ousting and arrest of former President Pedro Castillo.

Newcastle Herald

Upper Hunter MP calls for review of mining buffer zones

Upper Hunter MP David Layzell has told the newly formed Hunter Expert Panel that existing regulation of buffer zones around former mine sites is inhibiting the economic diversification of the region.

Insider UK

Commercial production at Cononish boosts Scotgold profits

Headcount continues to grow at Scotland's only goldmine, with more staff set to be added in the new year

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