miners

Bitcoin miners are making hay while the sun shines. The business has been yanked out of the doldrums by the cryptocurrency's recent rally - and now mining companies are racing to lock in profits before bitcoin's "halving", when rewards…

Gerard Barron, the CEO and chairman of The Metals Company, pulls a fist-sized black rock out of his pocket and displays it proudly in his hand. "Everything you need to build an EV battery cathode is in here," he says. "It's an amazing mix…

BEIJING : On China's frenetic and hugely popular retail livestreams, glamorous hosts sell goods ranging from shoes and lipsticks to baby products and, increasingly, truckloads of sulphurous coal.With coal inventories at China's ports…

A THEME that I constantly parrot is that, back in the 1930s when there were so many professional fighters up and down the country, virtually every town had a stable of fighters, never more so than in the working-class towns and villages…

Britain published plans to ban imports of Russian diamonds, copper, aluminium and nickel on Friday and announced new sanctions against Russia, targeting companies connected to the suspected theft of Ukrainian grain.The United States and…

The Chinese embassy in the Central African Republic had a stark warning for its compatriots in the landlocked nation: Do not leave the capital city of Bangui. Kidnappings of foreigners were on the rise, and any Chinese person outside of…

Coal Miners Day 2023: Demand for coal is also increasing for its use in cement and steel manufacturing. (Representative image: Shutterstock) Coal Miners Day 2023: On this day, all coal miners are acknowledged and celebrated for their hard…

The US, in recent years, has emerged as a hotspot for crypto miners to establish their operations, especially after China imposed a blanket ban on all crypto-related activities in 2021. Given the environmental concerns and the power…

People who were working in illegal mining sit in the trunk of a car to travel to the city as they arrive at Porto do Arame after leaving the Yanomami indigenous land, in Alto Alegre, Roraima state, Brazil (Image: Reuters)Federal Police…

Shelling has damaged the plant numerous times, raising fears of a possible nuclear meltdown. Russian missiles have also threatened the power lines needed to operate vital cooling equipment at Zaporizhzhia and Ukraine's other nuclear plants.…