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The women of the Effeche-Akpali community in Ugbokolo, Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State, have been facing hardship due to coal mining activities by Dangote mining company, which they claim has led to the degradation of their arable land. The community has demanded that the company restore their land,
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Auric Mining has made a significant dent in the gold mining industry with its first $4.7 million chapter in the book, thanks to a gold price that would have been unthinkable a year ago. The company's Jeffreys Find leases near Norseman in Western Australia have churned out
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At least four people lost their lives and six others sustained injuries in a devastating coal mine accident in Ramgarh district's Kuju area in Jharkhand. The tragedy occurred when unauthorized coal mining operations went horribly wrong, with a large portion of the mine's overburden collapsing, trapping
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A significant initiative was undertaken by Coal India Ltd. and The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) as they signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with Heartfulness led by Revered Daaji. This partnership aims to restore and bring a green cover to mine closure sites through the utilization of Heartfulness Institute
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BULAWAYO Mining Company (Pvt) Ltd, trading as How Mine, has emerged victorious in its lawsuit against DDNS Security Operations (Pvt) Ltd, trading as Securico, after a court ruling held Securico liable for the loss of 11.95kg of gold bullion during transit. The court found that Securico failed to provide
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Members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal, Mines and Steel, led by Chairperson Anurag Singh Thakur, a Member of Parliament, met with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhawan in Jammu Kashmir. The committee's visit is part of a study tour to the Union Territory. Thakur
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The industrial heartland of Odisha, particularly Koida in Sundargarh district, has been plagued by crumbling roads that have turned into a nightmare for locals, emergency services, and even mining trucks. The stretch of road from Tehrai to Kalamang and onward to Rugudi has become a hotspot of chaos, with hours-long
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As the monsoon season sets in, the government of Jaipur has imposed a two-month ban on sand mining in rivers across the state, effective until the end of August. This seasonal restriction is aimed at protecting riverbeds and aquatic ecosystems from erosion and long-term environmental damage caused by mining during
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The Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a scathing attack on the Bhagwant Mann-led AAP Government for failing to implement the annual monsoon mining ban, triggered by heavy rainfall in neighboring Himachal Pradesh. The BJP's criticism centers around the government's alleged negligence
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The mining of precious metals and minerals in South Africa is facing significant challenges, with declining production and rising input costs affecting the industry's overall performance. According to a report by ResearchAndMarkets.com, the production of diamonds, gold, and platinum group metals (PGMs) has been declining over the
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A new study from the China University of Mining and Technology has revealed significantly higher methane emissions from coal mines in Shanxi, China, compared to previously reported inventories. The research, published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, utilized a 15-day surface observation campaign to compute and attribute methane emissions from two
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Geologists from the Colorado School of Mines have published a new report highlighting the significant lithium resources and exploration potential of the greisen-hosted Li mica systems in the Erzgebirge/Krusne Hory metallogenetic province. The research emphasizes the importance of the Zinnwald-Cínovec deposit, the largest hard-rock Li resource in Europe, which
