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Vietnam's Rare Earth Sector on the Rise

Beijing News 30 Nov 2023
The industry, though, faces high processing costs, environmental concerns, and the takedown of industry leaders for illegal mining and mineral sales ... South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol signed a memorandum of understanding in Vietnam in June to establish a joint supply chain center for rare earth minerals.
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Illegal Mining in Romshi Nallah: NGT Issues Notice To DC Pulwama, SEIAA

Kashmir Observer 30 Nov 2023
Inspite of my repeated appeals on social media and locals also urging the Govt to act the District Mineral Officer-DMO Pulwama, Flood Control Department and other agencies failed to control illegal riverbed mining in Romshi nallah around Wahibugh , Chewakalan and adjoining villages of Pulwama.
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How rat miners rescued workers from Indian tunnel after 17 days

Al Jazeera 29 Nov 2023
list 4 of 4All 41 miners rescued from collapsed tunnel in India’s Uttarakhand ... But after days of attempts, it wasn’t just high-tech tools that brought success — a team of so-called rat miners, practicing a craft that’s officially illegal, proved saviours too ... After this, six miners ...
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‘Joy, gratitude’: Rescued 41 set for a new chapter

Hindustan Times 29 Nov 2023
The primitive strategy – often employed by illegal miners to extract coal through narrow, horizontal passages in India’s North-East – helped the operation overcome last-mile jitters after the augur machine – a corkscrew-like device with a rotary blade – got stuck in the rubble on November 24.
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They’re coming home

Hindustan Times 29 Nov 2023
The primitive strategy – often employed by illegal miners to extract coal through narrow, horizontal passages in India’s North-East – helped the operation overcome last-mile jitters after the augur machine – a corkscrew-like device with a rotary blade – got stuck in the rubble on November 24.
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SUVEER GAJOO: Zama zamas are just the tip of the criminal polycrisis in mining

Business Day 28 Nov 2023
In July 2023 protests and violence erupted in Riverlea and the neighbouring Zamimpilo informal settlement as communities demanded that police remove illegal miners and shut down their operations. This was after the bodies of five illegal miners were discovered, ...
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‘Rat miners’ to the rescue: How 41 trapped India tunnel workers were saved

Gulf News 28 Nov 2023
While augur machines managed to horizontally drill through nearly three-quarters of the debris, it fell on half a dozen miners adept at burrowing in tight spaces to reach the trapped workers on Tuesday ... Rat-hole mining is illegal in many countries due to increasing cases of miners dying from asphyxiation, lack of oxygen and hunger.
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To save the Amazon, Lula must work out who owns it

Economist 28 Nov 2023
The barges belong to garimpeiros (wildcat miners) who are searching illegally for gold ... Then they burn it off, leaving pure gold and emitting toxic vapour.\nBrazil’s previous president, Jair Bolsonaro, the son of a wildcat miner, made little effort to stop garimpeiros from polluting the Amazonian ecosystem.
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Uttarkashi tunnel collapse: What is rat-hole mining? How is it different from vertical drilling?

Hindustan Times 28 Nov 2023
After digging the pits, the miner drops down into the holes using a rope and bamboo ladders ... It is illegal in many countries due to increasing cases of miners dying from asphyxiation, lack of oxygen and hunger.
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What is rat mining? How a banned practice turned the tide of Uttarkashi tunnel rescue operations

Live Mint 28 Nov 2023
... to descend and extract coal.After digging the pits, the miner drops down into the holes using a rope and bamboo ladders ... It is illegal in many countries due to increasing cases of miners dying from asphyxiation, lack of oxygen and hunger.There is one another type of rat mining.
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HT Interview: No stone left unturned in tunnel rescue effort, says Lt Gen Ata Hasnain

Hindustan Times 28 Nov 2023
Edited excerpts. ... We're now on WhatsApp. Click to join. Also read. Rat-mining gets the job done! ... You can try experimentation of all kinds ... Rat-hole mining may be illegal, but a rat miner’s talent gave the breakthrough today. Coal-mining through the rat-hole method is illegal, but it is a process that is still used in construction sites ... ....
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Crusher owner held for illegal mining on land attached by ED in Nangal

Hindustan Times 27 Nov 2023
The Rupnagar police arrested the owner of a stone crusher for illegal sand mining at a village in Nangal area of the district. Illegal sand mining was being carried out in Bhalari village on a land that was already attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) ... and Minerals Act.
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