On today’s episode of Quick Charge, I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I’d like to remind them that, as a trusted media personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves cobalt mines. We’ve also got the world’s quickest police pursuit vehicle, an Amnesty International report … Read more
Republican Donald Trump surged ahead of Democratic Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris in one of the most highly anticipated US elections in the country’s history. Trump’s reelection as the 47th US President has already triggered a bullish wave in the US stock markets, as benchmark indices like the S&P 500, Nasdaq, and Dow Jones Futures gained … Read more
New Delhi: India and Saudi Arabia on Wednesday discussed ways to enhance cooperation in areas of fertilizers, petrochemicals, and mining to boost trade and investments. These sectors were discussed during a meeting between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Saudi Minister for Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef in Riyadh. Goyal is … Read more
The former head of China Geological Survey has been charged with bribe-taking and leaking state secrets by the country’s highest prosecutorial agency. Zhong Ziran, 62, is accused of using his senior positions at the natural resources ministry as well as its affiliated China Geological Survey to take a “particularly big” amount of bribes, the Supreme … Read more
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources, has invited bids from local and international investors for seven new mineral exploration licences in Makkah and Riyadh, covering a total area of 1,070 square kilometers. This initiative is part of the ministry’s continuous efforts to expedite the exploration of the Kingdom’s mineral endowment, … Read more
Peering over the edge of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison from one of its numerous overlooks, it’s natural to feel weak in the knees. The dark canyon walls streaked with once-molten magma fall sharply down the river below, as if someone used a knife to slice a 48-mile slit in the earth’s crust. At … Read more
SINGAPORE: A foreigner who led an 80-man illegal gold mining operation in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan has been sentenced to five years’ jail and a 50 billion rupiah (US$3.2 million) fine for mining without a permit. The Chinese national, identified only as YH by the Indonesian authorities, was arrested in May and will serve an additional … Read more
“We are ignored by everyone. Since 2019, we’ve been trying to make the government listen to our concerns, but to no avail. Not a single person has come to our aid. The opposition, too, has its own agenda,” Giorgi Neparidze, a protester from Shukruti, told POLITICO. Georgian Manganese, their mining employer, has caused huge environmental … Read more
Severe landsusidence has endangered more than 200 homes in villages in Bageshwar district of Kumaon in Uttarakhand. There are widespread cracks seen in roads, fields and houses. Heavy rains, along with extensive mining in the area, have worsened the situation, reportedTOI. The Uttarakhand Disaster Management Authority (UDMA) has identified 11 villages across the district as … Read more
Environmental activists calling for an international moratorium on deep-sea mining. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Brazilian marine scientist Leticia Carvalho will be the first-ever woman, oceanographer and person of Latin American heritage to lead the International Seabed Authority — and she says it “feels fantastic.” “I am very proud,” Carvalho told CNBC via … Read more
