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Oman Investment Authority (OIA) announced 36 investment opportunities worth about $4 billion and covering various industries. OIA’s Director General of Economic Diversification, Hisham bin Ahmed al-Sheedi, said these investment opportunities would potentially ensure better alignment and synergy between OIA and other government and private entities. Sheedi noted that the opportunities…

A startup in Devon is among those who spy opportunity in the process of turning old power cells into valuable raw materials

Tom has been prescribed cannabis to help him sleep, but the FIFO worker's former mining employer said he could not use it and keep working on their sites. He's not alone.

Members of the Hongana Manyawa tribe on Halmahera Island in Indonesia face extinction as a project to mine for an electric car battery component tears down part of the forest

With applications set to open for companies to mine the depth of the Pacific ocean, leaders call for a suspension to the controversial practice.

What’s the weirdest thing you’ve stumbled across on the internet recently? Mine is the Wikipedia page about the time Australia declared war on emus. And lost.

While the former NSW government was in caretaker mode, mining giant Santos was given approval to reactivate four wells in the NSW north west for coal seam gas exploration, but local farmers are vowing to fight the decision.

A gold mining exploration licence application for the township of Adelaide River, south of Darwin, has been withdrawn following community backlash.

A Supreme Court judge backed a government move to crack down on illegal gold mining in Brazil, suspending a legal practice of buyers accepting the origin of the precious metal with paper receipts based on the "good faith" of the seller.

A growing controversy is swirling around deep-sea mining, which aims to extract valuable minerals from the ocean floor. 

Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union members have marched through the nation's major cities calling for change.