UN Taps China, Which Commits Crimes Against Humanity, For New Group Protecting ‘Human Rights’ In Mining
The United Nations (UN) has selected China, a country guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity, to sit on a new commission aimed at promoting human rights in the extraction of critical minerals. China was one of the 23 countries named On Friday, he will join the United Nations’ new Critical Energy Transition Minerals Panel, […]
Sullivan blasts Biden’s moves to restrict drilling and mining in Alaska as ‘national security suicide’
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) criticized the Biden administration’s decision to restrict drilling on millions of acres of federal land in Alaska, calling it a “lawless” move. “That’s lawless. [President Biden] I don’t have the authority to do that,” Sullivan said Sunday on CBS News’ “Face the Nation.” “And we were able to go into all […]
Biden Admin Announces Massive Restrictions On Alaskan Oil Reserve And Hampers Key Mining Project In One Fell Swoop
The Biden administration moved to block oil and gas activity on millions of acres of Alaskan land and effectively rejected a road project needed to mine large reserves of copper in the state on Friday, Bloomberg News reported. The Department of the Interior (DOI) finalized a plan that will restrict future oil leasing and development […]
Biden Admin Reportedly Plans To Throw Wrench In Key Mining Project
The Biden administration is reportedly on the verge of giving environmentalists a huge victory by rejecting a key roadway needed to access mineral deposits in Alaska, according to The New York Times. The Department of the Interior (DOI) is poised to shoot down a mining company’s request to build a 211-mile long road through a […]
Bitcoin mining difficulty hits fresh all-time high in final pre-halving adjustment – The Block
Bitcoin mining difficulty rose 3.9% late Wednesday, hitting a new all-time high in the final correction before the estimated April 20 halving. According to Blockchain Explorer, the difficulty adjustment was made at a block height of 838,656, reaching a record of 86.39 trillion Menpur. Bitcoin miners appear to be increasing hashrate in preparation for the […]
Bitcoin halving in 11 days, here's how it will impact BTC mining costs – Cointelegraph
Bitcoin halving is a significant milestone event that occurs every 210,000 blocks, or approximately every four years. The halving event reduces the block rewards that miners receive by half. In addition to indirectly affecting the price of Bitcoin (BTC), the halving event also has a significant impact on miner behavior, as it costs twice as […]
Women in Colombia forge path in emerald mining to escape poverty
Equipped with power tools, women are working in Colombia’s emerald mines, challenging the industry’s traditional male dominance. Lack of employment and hopes of getting rich quickly are driving women into mining despite harsh conditions. Colombian emeralds are highly valued around the world and can bring in huge profits, but most workers struggle to make ends […]
‘People have lost faith’: life in former mining towns 40 years on from strike | The miners’ strike 1984-85
WWhen Anne Woolford moved into her home in Great Houghton, South Yorkshire, in 2000, she could see from her back window the black mounds of slag from a former coal mine. The mountain is now covered with grass, and her vision is dominated by the Asos warehouse built on top of a former coal mine. […]
Native Americans and mining interests continue legal battle over sacred land atop massive copper deposit
Oak Flat, part of a national forest in central Arizona, has been at the center of a long-running struggle between Native American groups and mining interests, both of whom consider it critical to their future. Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of international mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP, wants to develop Oak Flat’s massive copper deposits […]
Bitcoin mining difficulty surpasses 80 trillion ahead of halving – Cointelegraph
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty, which measures how difficult it is to solve the complex cryptographic puzzles used in the mining process, surpassed 80 trillion on Friday, February 16th. The network’s hash rate, which measures the total computational power used by miners, reached 562.81 exahash per second (EH/s), and the mining difficulty reached a record of 81.73 […]