48 h. ago Gold rush in space as rivals battle to mine Moon minerals worth £15m per kilo

Companies are queuing up to harvest helium-3, which can be found in moondust and is valuable as a tool used to cool down computer chips

Economics

8 d. ago Rescued miners, a drone launch and Milan fashion week: photos of the day – Thursday

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago 23 miners rescued after nearly two days trapped in collapsed gold mine

Families of the trapped miners had maintained a vigil for hours, celebrating the successful rescue with tears and cheers

Events

8 d. ago 23 miners rescued after 43 hours trapped in Colombian gold mine

Twenty-three workers have been rescued after spending 43 hours trapped in a collapsed underground gold mine in northern Colombia

Events

9 d. ago FTSE 100 Live: London stocks bounce as miners rise in copper spike, defence boosted by Trump

FTSE 100 Live: London stocks bounce as miners rise in copper spike, defence boosted by Trump  Proactive financial news

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9 d. ago China has device 5 times larger than New York City that helps it dominate critical minerals exploration

Transmitter system originally built for submarine communication enables geologists to send signals deep underground to map resources

Politics

9 d. ago Better Days review – modest, honest study of woman trying to grapple with a drinking problem

Valérie Bonneton is terrific in French drama about women in rehab that gets a little carried awayThis French rehab drama begins with some painfully realistic scenes showing the grim slog of maintaining a hidden drinking problem. At night, after her kids go to bed, mum of three Suzanne (Valérie Bonneton) gets a box down from a high cupboard. Inside is her stash of vodka, which she carefully siphons into mineral water bottles for the next day. There is no pleasure in her drinking; it makes her foggy at work and detached from her boys. Bonneton, better known in France for comedy roles, is terrific, with her warm, worn performance, not a scrap of sentimentality in it.Suzanne hits her rock bottom after a car accident; the court puts her sons into the care of their grandparents and orders her into rehab. First comes denial. “Some wine with dinner,” she tells the doctor who asks her about her drinking at the all-female unit. Other residents include Diane (Michèle Laroque), a famous actor w...

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1 week ago Eating one fruit daily provides 'most vitamins and minerals we need in diet'

Nutritional experts have praised this refreshing fruit for providing your daily dose of vitamins and minerals - and it's not a superfood either. Dr Blake Livingood shared it on TikTok

Events

1 week ago Doctor recommends one fruit that provides 'most vitamins we need on daily basis'

A nutritional expert has shared an in-depth look into the benefits of the fruit, also known as a vegetable, claiming it provides "most of the vitamins and minerals we need on a daily basis"

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1 week ago Do you speak Sylheti? Tamajaght? Klingon? Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages

Every two weeks, a language is lost – and by the end of the century, half of the world’s 7,000 tongues could have vanished. We meet the artist using eyeliner and chokeberries to rescue everything from Ogham to ArablishIn his studio, Sam Winston appears less artist, more linguistic alchemist. He is experimenting with manufacturing inks out of tobacco from Marlboro cigarettes, the juice of Belarusian chokeberries imported in a 100g packet small enough to make it past customs and a strange brew of kohl eyeliner from the Middle East and galena – the mineral form of lead sulfide – from Wales.The coloured substances are used to conjure words on to giant canvas flags that will soon hang from the ceiling of London’s Barbican Centre – connecting a group of poets’ native languages with materials from their native landscapes. The quintet speak marginal or at-risk languages covering five continents, and their newly commissioned poems all speak to their sense of home. Continue reading...

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1 week ago FTSE 100 Live 22 September: Miners surge as gold hits new record, airlines lower

Gold miners have surged on the London stock market after the price of the precious metal today set another record.

Society

1 week ago FTSE 100 Live 22 September: Gold price hits new record, airline stocks lower

Gold miners have surged on the London stock market after the price of the precious metal today set another record.

Society

1 week ago Photos of an orthopedic center in Congo that helps amputees regain mobility

Fighting has long battered Congo’s mineral-rich east, displacing some 7 million people in the conflict that is one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. Many have lost their limbs.

Culture

3 w. ago Hong Kong responds to damning report by denying it has any political prisoners at all

Hong Kong’s correctional services department denies claims of violence and neglect in prisons

Events

3 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 12 September: Index near record as miners rally, UK economy fails to grow

New GDP figures today showed the UK failed to grow during July, adding to pressure on Chancellor Rachel Reeves.

Events

3 w. ago Canada: Mark Carney announces array of national projects to ‘turbocharge’ economy

List leaves out oil pipelines and focuses on LNG expansion, mines and nuclear power as it fends off US trade warCanada’s Liberal government has said that a liquefied natural gas facility, critical mineral mines, a nuclear reactor and port expansion will mark the first wave of major national projects to “turbocharge” the country’s economy as it fends off a trade war with the United States.Notably, the list unveiled by the prime minster, Mark Carney, on Thursday does not include any new oil pipelines – projects which have proven to be deeply divisive and politically fractious in recent years. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Canada: Carney unveils array of national projects to ‘turbocharge’ economy

List leaves out oil pipelines and focuses on LNG expansion, mines and nuclear power as it fends off US trade warCanada’s Liberal government has said that a liquefied natural gas facility, critical mineral mines, a nuclear reactor and port expansion will mark the first wave of major national projects to “turbocharge” the country’s economy as it fends off a trade war with the United States.Notably, the list unveiled by the prime minster, Mark Carney, on Thursday does not include any new oil pipelines – projects which have proven to be deeply divisive and politically fractious in recent years. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Mineral collector convicted of damaging important Galloway site by breaking rocks with hammer

In the first conviction of its kind in Scotland, Dagmara Lesiow Lasczcewski was found guilty of three charges of causing reckless damage to sites of special scientific interest.

Politics

3 w. ago UK households told to eat egg yolks and mushrooms this autumn

Nutritionist says that the key to staying healthy during the colder months is to eat foods that are rich in vitamins and minerals, here are some of the foods needed

Politics

3 w. ago FTSE 100 Live 09 September: Miners agree merger, Dunelm and Mobico post results

London-listed Anglo American is to merge with Canada’s Teck Resources in a deal that creates a copper-focused mining giant worth more than $50 billion.

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