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Critical negotiations concerning the future of deep sea mining and mineral extraction kicked off Monday in Jamaica, as conservationists aim to rein in a nascent industry that so far lacks meaningful guardrails.…

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UNITED NATIONS: Governments will soon likely be able to apply for deep sea mining contracts in international waters, a plunge into the unknown that is worrying conservationists as calls for a moratorium on such digging grow. States have…

At least 16 people, including children, have died after a gas leak at a South African slum near Johannesburg, emergency services said Thursday, revising the death toll after some people were resuscitated.…

Eager to avoid falling further behind Tesla and Chinese car companies, many Western auto executives are bypassing traditional suppliers and committing billions of dollars on deals with lithium mining companies.They are showing up in hard…

A joint UK mining venture could produce enough Lithium carbonate, a crucial component in electric car batteries, to power 500,000 vehicles by the end of the decade, it has been claimed.Two companies, Imerys and British…

Credit: The Conversation We are seeing the biggest changes in our energy and transport systems since industrialization. By 2026, global…

A halfpenny token issued by the Parys Mining Company of Anglesey in 1788. The hooded druid design was used for many years and was the first of hundreds of token…

Last Updated: June 26, 2023, 04:47 ISTIn 2021 alone, the majority of about 90,000 opioid related overdose deaths in North America involved the synthetic opioid drug.(Representative image/Shutterstock)Fentanyl has drastically altered the…

<!-- -->India's industrial production growth rose to 4.2 per cent in April. (File)New Delhi: India's industrial production growth rose to 4.2 per cent in April from 1.7 per cent in March 2023, mainly due to good performance by the…