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German energy giant clears climate protesters from Hambach forest

Central Europe's last primordial forest in Germany is about to be obliterated to dig up dirty and inefficient lignite coal, despite Berlin's trumpeted green credentials. Insiders talks to all sides of the story, but RWE refuses to comment.

Germany

Man dies in Hambach Forest after fall from treehouse bridge

Authorities have suspended the eviction of protesters from the threatened woodland following the death of the man, who is believed to be a journalist.

World News

Police remove treehouse protesters

Police in Germany have arrested around 30 activists who are attempting to stop coal mining on the site of a 12,000 year-old forest

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How a robot in deep water can bring enlightenment

A European research project is using a robot to boldly go where no one has potentially gone before. An underwater sphere stuffed to the gills with technology is capable of entering a mine, mapping it and returning on its own.

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Cult

Eurovision goes underground in Romania

Romania's fourth Eurovision heat got underway 86-metres underground in a salt mine

Russia

Welcome to Berezniki, the city swallowed by sinkholes

The city of Berezniki, in Russia's Ural mountains, is slowly disappearing into the ground.

Brazil

Brazil under fire over Amazon forest mining decree

Brazil's government is scrambling to respond to public outcry after it dismantled a vast national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining.

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Aboriginal art against mining

Russia

Miners remain missing at Russia largest diamond pit

A flood last week trapped over a hundred workers in an underground shaft and rescuers are scrabbling to rescue the remaining nine miners.

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PERU: EMERGENZA INQUINAMENTO

Iran

Iran: 21 killed and dozens hurt in coal mine blast

At least 21 people have died and scores more are injured after an explosion at a coal mine in northern Iran on Wednesday.

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Trash to treasure: how can we extract valuable resources from production waste?

Greek scientists have developed a technology that allows them to obtain rare earth elements (REEs) from waste ore in an economical and environmentally friendly…

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Takeaway: Treasure from waste

This red mud, the leftovers from aluminium production, is more than just waste.

India

Fatal Indian mine collapse leaves dozens trapped

Mudslide smothers entrance in Jharkhand

Target

Burkina Faso wants to share its gold wealth

We are a hundred meters underground, in the tunnels of the Bagassi gold mine.

Turkey

Three killed in Turkey copper mine collapse

A major rescue operation is underway in southeast Turkey where a copper mine collapsed on Thursday.

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Bosnia and Herzegovina: dying for coal

On all Saints day, people had come from all parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and even from abroad, to honour their loved ones at the cemetary of the Divkovici village, in Bosian and…

France

Huge 'Constellation' diamond unveiled in Paris

The world’s most-expensive unpolished diamond at the time of sale has been unveiled in a Paris exhibition.

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Madagascar takes to mining with wary eye on risks

Madagascar is desperately poor and needs to develop its vast natural resources, but it is also a global ecological treasure house, subject to international scrutiny. Global capital will not invest her

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Scientists fear deep-sea mining

Scientists fear that even before one of the last frontiers of exploration, the ocean deep, has been properly studied it will already have been exploited by commercial deep-sea mining looking for rare