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Mining Advances Growth Prospects for African Economies

Business Ghana 03 Apr 2025
Diamond mining currently accounts for 4% of employment, 30% of GDP and 85% of total exports in the country ... Ghana’s mining industry is a significant contributor to the country’s economy, ...
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Google AI can play Minecraft without training, but this is about much more than video games

BGR 03 Apr 2025
Getting those diamonds is no easy feat, at least initially, as you have to learn a specific procedure to mine them. You need the proper tools, which require crafting, and then you need to dig and create your own diamond mine.
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Lesotho, Africa's 'kingdom in the sky' jolted by Trump

Knoxville Daily Sun 03 Apr 2025
- 'Kingdom in the sky' - ... At 30,355 square kilometres (11,720 square miles), it is about the same size as Belgium.� ... +2 ... +4 ... British mine company Gem Diamonds said in 2018 it had discovered a 910-carat stone in one of its several Lesotho diamond mines.�.
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‘A Minecraft Movie’ a shoddily built adventure

Boston Herald 03 Apr 2025
Minecraft is an open-world “sandbox” game, where players mine, and then craft, plundering digitally rendered resources (iron, gold, diamonds) to turn them into furniture, tools and weapons ...
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I'm a fashion editor and have worked with hundreds of sustainable brands. These are the ...

The Daily Mail 03 Apr 2025
Founded in 2014, LA-based brand Vrai makes laboratory-grown diamonds ... Natural diamonds have many ethical issues - mass habitat destruction and deforestation caused by mining; lack of transparency and traceability, and human rights breaches.
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Could you be sitting on a goldmine? Brits urged to look for four popular toys ...

The Daily Mail 03 Apr 2025
Only five were created, each featuring a tiara, necklace, bracelets, earrings, and adornments around the eyes, and all crafted using 156 Swarovski crystals, dozens of full-cut diamonds, and other jewels.
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Sierra Leone’s Kono District: You can’t sit by the river and wash your hands with ...

Sierra Leone Telegraph 02 Apr 2025
This discovery led to the founding of the Sierra Leone Selection Trust (SLST) that had sole control of diamond mining in the district and beyond ... Has Diamond Mining been a curse or blessing to Kono District?.
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One of the world's rarest diamonds - dubbed The Mediterranean Blue - is up for ...

The Daily Mail 02 Apr 2025
It was crafted from a 31.94 carat rough diamond discovered in the Cullinan mine in South Africa in 2023, Sotheby's said, and was shaped into a cushion modified brilliant following a six-month cutting process.
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With Trump setting the pace, the race is on to carve up the world's natural resources

The National 02 Apr 2025
Protest signs have gone up against the announcement from mining company Karelian Diamond Resources of “world-class” deposits of nickel, copper and other so-called ...
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Movie review: ‘A Minecraft Movie’ is a poorly built video game adaptation

The Spokesman-Review 02 Apr 2025
Minecraft is an open-world “sandbox” game, where players mine, and then craft, plundering digitally rendered resources (iron, gold, diamonds) to turn them into furniture, tools and weapons — a ...
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Rare yellow diamond found at Rio Tinto’s Diavik mine

Mining 01 Apr 2025
RIO) has at it Diavik mine, located 200 km south of the Arctic Circle in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The precious rock is one of only five yellow diamonds weighing more than 100 carats ever found at Diavik in its 22-year history.
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Rio Tinto discovers exceptional yellow diamond from its Diavik Diamond Mine (Rio Tinto plc)

Public Technologies 01 Apr 2025
YELLOWKNIFE, Canada -- Rio Tinto has unearthed one of the largest gem-quality yellow diamonds ever discovered in Canada, from its Diavik Diamond Mine ... Diavik Diamond Mines Chief Operating Officer Matt Breen said.
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Black Iron Appoints New Chief Financial Officer

ACCESSWIRE 01 Apr 2025
Woodhead also served as a director of Apogee Minerals (silver) and Vaaldiam Mining (diamonds) ... The Project is surrounded by five other operating mines, including Metinvest's YuGOK and ArcelorMittal's iron ore complex.
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Lucara transitions to owner-managed operations at Karowe UGP

Mining Weekly 01 Apr 2025
Canada-headquartered Lucara Diamonds has terminated its engineering, procurement, and construction ...
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