Bronze Age Deliveroo! Austrian miners had their dinners DELIVERED to their workplace 3,000 years ago, study finds Experts studied plant and cereal product remains from the 11th – 9th century BC They found no evidence of processing or preparation at the ancient mining site This suggests that the food was prepared from outside and delivered to … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Miners take a rare bow thanks to massive demand for commodities from China By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:05 GMT, 16 February 2021 | Updated: 22:23 GMT, 16 February 2021 Britain is stuck in the global growth slow lane as Boris Johnson shows caution in ending lockdown. But the FTSE … Read more
Nine Chinese gold miners trapped 2,000 feet underground are rescued two weeks after explosion blocked tunnel entrance Chinese rescuers pulled 11 gold miners trapped underground to safety today Footage showed the first miner to be rescued with a blindfold across his eyes The rescued miner was extremely weak, state broadcaster CCTV said By Sophie Tanno … Read more
The alphabet was invented by illiterate Canaanite miners in ancient Egypt who turned elaborate hieroglyphs into basic letters 4,000 years ago, a study claimed. In 2006, Egyptologist Orly Goldwasser argued that symbols on artefacts from a temple in the Sinai are prototypes of the letters that we use to read and write today. While it had … Read more
The pitiful image was like something from centuries ago rather than our advanced, technological age. In front of me, struggling up a hill, was an 11-year-old boy called Daniel, covered in dust and carrying 30lb of metallic rock in a sack on his back. When other children his age would usually be playing at school, … Read more
Future space miners working on Mars or the Moon could be using bacteria to extract useful metals and minerals from rocks rather than drills and tools, study finds. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh designed experiments to run on the International Space Station that proved using microbes to recover valuable resources could work in zero … Read more
Shares in two of London’s biggest gold miners were tarnished by warnings they will dig up less of the precious metal than planned. Mid-capper Centamin tumbled after admitting production will fall short of expectations and costs will jump, this year and next. Work at its flagship Sukari mine in Egypt has been disrupted by ground … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Jubilee Metals makes money by processing the waste produced by other mines By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 9 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 9 October 2020 What is it? An AIM-listed company that processes and extracts metals from the waste produced by other mines, which … Read more
Boris Johnson was today urged to emulate Thatcher’s battle against coal miners and force teaching unions to get children back in schools. Tory MPs are demanding the PM stays ‘unbreakable’ despite claims of attempts to sabotage his drive to get all pupils back in classes in England next month. There are also increasing signs of … Read more
The coronavirus gold rush: Value of London’s biggest precious metals miners soars by £11bn so far this year By Francesca Washtell For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 10 August 2020 | Updated: 22:09 BST, 10 August 2020 More than £11billion has been added to the value of London’s biggest precious metals miners so far … Read more