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Ukraine says troops hold out in corpse-strewn battlefield of Soledar

Ukraine said on Thursday its troops were holding out despite heavy fighting on a battlefield littered with bodies in a salt mining town in eastern Ukraine, where Russian mercenaries have claimed Moscow's first significant gain in half a year.

Reuters · Jan 10, 2023

Russia's Wagner says it controls Ukrainian town of Soledar, fighting continues

The head of Russia's private military firm Wagner on Tuesday said his forces had taken control of the eastern Ukrainian mining town of Soledar but that fighting continued, Russian news agencies reported.

Reuters · Jan 10, 2023

Russian mercenaries from the Wagner group owned by a key Putin ally are stoking influence in resource-rich Central African Republic

While Vladimir Putin desperately rallies support for his war in Ukraine, a network of paramilitary mercenaries known as the Wagner Group is shoring up his power in resource-rich central Africa, more than 5,000 kilometres away.

ABC News · Jan 10, 2023

In polar night, Norway-Russia kids event lights up Christmas

The children’s choir from the Lutheran church in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard traveled three hours each way by boat to mark Orthodox Christmas with the 40 children in Barentsburg, a village owned by Russia’s Arctic mining company in the remote Norwegian territory

The Independent UK · Jan 9, 2023

Defamed mining investor awarded $275k

A New Zealand-based social media user calling himself the Stock Swami has been ordered to pay a mining investor at least $275,000 after defaming him on Twitter.

AAP · Jan 9, 2023

Black days ahead if coal city does not change

Unsafe and disaster-prone, extractive towns are still attractive to migrant workers.

360info · Jan 8, 2023

Riyadh to Host Int’l Conference on Future of Strategic Minerals

Saudi Arabia will host on Tuesday a round-table meeting of ministers concerned with mining affairs, to discuss the means to build a conscious global mineral sector that meets the increasing demand for strategic minerals. Sixty countries, represented by 40 ministers and 18 high-level officials, will participate in the meeting, along…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 8, 2023

Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it

At last year’s US Africa leaders summit in Washington the US signed an historic memorandum of understanding with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to develop an electric vehicle battery supply chain.

The Conversation · Jan 8, 2023

Aussie experts head to Saudi mining forum

An Aussie contingent has top billing in Saudi Arabia as the oil state looks beyond "black gold" to critical minerals needed for a cleaner world economy.

AAP · Jan 7, 2023

As the world moves to a low carbon economy, has diesel fuel run its course?

New technology to replace diesel fuel could transform the freight industry and a lot of the machinery used in agriculture and mining. So what does that look like on the ground?

ABC News · Jan 7, 2023