Russia has captured two of Ukraine's four lithium deposits, potentially impacting Europe's access to critical raw materials for green energy. Lithium is a key component in batteries for electric ...

The facility in the embattled city of Pokrovsk is Ukraine's only mine that produces coking coal needed for the country's once giant steelmaking industry, which has withered since Russia's February ...

according to the mine's CEO Andriy Akulych. The closure is a blow to Ukraine, whose economy has been ravaged by the Russian invasion. The eastern Donbas region, that Russia claims as its own and ...

YEREVAN, October 25, /ARKA/. Armenian diamond cutting companies would like to increase the import of raw diamonds from Russia to $100 million a year and sign contracts with as many companies which are ...

It fell to 6 million tons in 2023. DeepState, which uses analysis to map out battle lines, says Russian troops are advancing to the villages of Kotlyne and Udachne where the mine has facilities. It ...

sourcing diamonds from its own mines in southern Africa and Canada. The heritage and tradition add to the clanging price tag, but many agree that De Beers’ stones are the best in the world.

Russia’s Arkhangelsk Region is the ... The pits are not fenced off: "when you walk along the road, finding a diamond is next to impossible," the mining plant’s Chief Engineer Denis Gerasin ...

Australia’s Gibb River Diamonds (ASX: GIB) is getting closer to restarting the mothballed Ellendale diamond mine in West Kimberley after being granted three mining leases that are key for the project.

Flint is a stone which in hardness and durability is second only to diamond. It possesses excellent flaking properties and can be chipped into a variety of shapes, sizes and implement types. It occurs ...

Before Russia's February 2022 invasion, a law prohibited women from working in "harmful and dangerous conditions," including underground jobs in mines. By summer that same year, parliament lifted ...

And with Russia still on the march, the war is far from over. This page is updated with the latest maps and charts showing military and humanitarian aspects of Russia’s war in Ukraine.