Mining

Up close with the 300 tonne driverless trucks
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Australia
Posted
8 November 2024
South Africa police force 540 illegal miners from abandoned shaft
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Africa
Posted
3 November 2024
Miners' lanterns 'fundamental to town's heritage'
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Stoke & Staffordshire
Posted
30 October 2024
Real Survival Stories. Buried Alive in a Gold Mine. Audio, 52 minutes
In Tasmania, a seismic tremor brings Todd Russell’s world crashing down on top of him.
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BBC Sounds
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Good Bad Billionaire. Patrice Motsepe: Mining magnate. Audio, 41 minutes
How Patrice Motsepe became the first black billionaire in post-apartheid South Africa
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BBC World Service
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Banner show to mark 40 years since miners' strike
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Wear
Posted
19 October 2024
Sculpture honouring town mining heritage unveiled
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West Yorkshire
Posted
18 October 2024
'Milestone moment' as lithium plant set to open
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Cornwall
Posted
18 October 2024
What in the World. How illegal gold mining impacts Ghana. Audio, 15 minutes
People are protesting the practice known as ‘galamsey’
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BBC World Service
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Dreaming of diamonds: Generations dig for fortune in India's gem town
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Asia
Posted
14 October 2024
Sound of mine captured in musical piece
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Wear
Posted
12 October 2024
Centre gets £4.5m to speed up minerals mining
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England
Posted
7 October 2024
Memorial to honour area's lost miners
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Cumbria
Posted
28 September 2024
Australia's lithium mining boom hit by sagging prices
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Australia
Posted
26 September 2024
The Life Scientific. Anna Korre on capturing carbon dioxide and defying expectations. Audio, 28 minutes
Environmental engineer Anna Korre on the race to decarbonise British industry.
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BBC Radio 4
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Devastation after second pony statue taken
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England
Posted
19 September 2024
Memorial for adult and child miners approved
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Liverpool
Posted
19 September 2024
Town's mixed reaction as mine plans quashed
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Cumbria
Posted
14 September 2024
Chalk quarry unveils expansion plans
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Lincolnshire
Posted
10 September 2024
Striking mural in 'last pit of the Rhondda' village
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Wales
Posted
9 September 2024
Embroidered wall hanging celebrates Cornish mining
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Cornwall
Posted
6 September 2024
New film tells story of final colliery workers
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England
Posted
6 September 2024
Mining boss opposes staff leaving office for coffee
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Business
Posted
29 August 2024
What in the World. Are diamonds losing their sparkle? Audio, 16 minutes
And can lab-grown diamonds be an ethical alternative?
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BBC World Service
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