Kaimai Properties Ltd, and its owner J Swap Ltd, wanted to mine andesite rock from 42 hectares of land close to Matamata in South Waikato. The rock from the quarry is used in infrastructure projects ...

Elena Loreto, a former president of the Noyac Civic Council, lives near the Sand Land mine in Noyac and urged the board to pass the measure. “We really have to protect our aquifer before ...

April 9 (UPI) --The U.S. Interior Department said Wednesday $13 million in grants are being disbursed to reclaim abandoned mine lands in an effort to revitalize coal communities. "Restoring these ...

The war in Ukraine is showing the power of weaponry once thought outdated. Mines and artillery have proven essential, alongside cutting-edge tech like AI and drones. One expert told BI that mines ...

Last week, Finland became the latest European country to repeal a decades-old ban on the use of anti-personnel land mines. Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia have already announced they were ...

The extensive rehabilitation programs at Glencore are also a vital component to not only the operation of the mines but also the success of the agricultural business. Since 2012, 4360 hectares of ...

Rust Persistent Data Structures provides fully persistent data structures with structural sharing. A sequence that can be indexed. The implementation is described in Understanding Persistent Vector ...

Munduruku sources told Mongabay that deception, abandonment by the state and a lack of alternative income sources are what push some Munduruku people to mine. The recruitment of Indigenous peoples ...

According to government figures, some 12,000 LTTE fighters who gave themselves up were taken prisoner and underwent "rehabilitation" at the end of the war. There were about 3,000 female ex-combatants.

Anthea Bath, President and CEO of Wesdome, commented,“This is a highly logical and strategic tuck-in transaction that brings together a contiguous land package between the Eagle River mine and ...