Gold miners bring fresh wave of suffering to Brazil’s Yanomami
By Ueslei Marcelino YANOMAMI INDIGENOUS LAND, Brazil (Reuters) – Brazil is losing the upper hand in its battle to save the Yanomami Indigenous people, who are dying from flu, malaria and malnutrition…
Bitcoin miners sell their holdings amid crypto winter’s chill
By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh (Reuters) – Bitcoin miners have been forced to tap into their cryptocurrency stashes as a plunge in prices, rising energy costs and increased competition bite…
Australia’s #MeToo puts miners and ministers in crosshairs of history
By Byron Kaye and Praveen Menon SYDNEY – Australia’s mighty #MeToo wave is piling pressure on mining and political leaders who are preparing to face a reckoning over sexual harassment scandals stretching…
Miners turn to bacteria and other new ways to leach copper from waste rock
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Rio Tinto Ltd, Freeport-McMoRan Inc and other global miners, spurred by rising prices and demand, are deploying a raft of new leaching technologies that can extract low…
Global miners must overcome labour shortages, inflation pain to meet targets
By Shashwat Awasthi and Clara Denina (Reuters) – Global mining companies must overcome COVID-related labour shortages and soaring production costs if they are to meet annual production targets, analysts said after downbeat…
Russian gold miners dig for ways to overcome Ukraine impact
By Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) -Russian gold miners Polymetal and Petropavlovsk warned on Wednesday of increasing hurdles in doing business, including higher operating costs and continued challenges repaying loans to sanctioned banks. Petropavlovsk…
Australia, South Africa miners eye options as Europe makes desperate calls
By Helen Reid and Praveen Menon – Australian and South African miners are exploring ways to supply coal and metals consumers in Europe scrambling for alternative sources to Russian supply, but logistics…
Big miners plug into battery metals joint ventures
By Clara Denina and Zandi Shabalala LONDON – Big miners, under pressure to increase their exposure to minerals needed to drive the electric vehicle revolution, have so far opted for the cautious…
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