Pandora shuns diamond mines for lab-grown gems

Pandora shuns diamond mines for lab-grown gems because they are cheaper and more sustainable By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 23:39 BST, 4 May 2021 | Updated: 23:39 BST, 4 May 2021 Pandora is to only sell diamonds that have been made in laboratories – because they are cheaper and more sustainable.  Boss … Read more

Rio Tinto penalties for fatalities at its mines are ‘too lenient’

Rio Tinto warned by shareholder advisers that boardroom penalties for fatalities at its mines are too lenient By Alex Lawson, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 3 April 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 3 April 2021 Rio Tinto has been warned by shareholder advisers that boardroom penalties for fatalities at its mines are too … Read more

Treasure island: The best gold and silver mines in the UK, from Wales to Cornwall

How do you guarantee a UK holiday full of precious memories? By visiting our best gold and silver mines of course. Here you’ll delve deep into the history of mining, explore tunnels, pan for gold, learn fascinating facts about geology and our landscape – and buy (or find) treasure to take home. Head first to … Read more

Greta Thunberg rubbishes Boris Johnson’s green revolution of ‘new coal mines and pesticides’

Greta Thunberg has rubbished Boris Johnson’s promises of a ‘green revolution’ after the government approved the use of a bee killing pesticide and a new coal mine. The Prime Minister has presented himself as being at the head of efforts to green the global economy with, for example, promises of huge reductions in greenhouse gas … Read more

North Korea ‘is training elite dolphins to clear mines and attack enemy frogmen’

North Korea ‘is training elite dolphins to clear mines and attack enemy frogmen’ in carbon-copy of America’s Navy programme North Korea is training dolphins as part of its naval force, evidence suggests Satellite images show animal pens at a naval base in Nampo, on the west coast The Naval Marine Mammal Program dates back to … Read more

Falkland Islands finally free of mines 38 years after end of war

Falklands are finally free of mines 38 years after end of war for the islands between Britain and Argentina The Falkland Islands have been cleared of last mines 38 years after conflict Islander will be picked to detonate last 20 anti-tank devices in a ceremony Argentine troops left behind some 13,000 mines and bombs after defeat in 1982 … Read more

Fresnillo cuts gold production forecasts as Covid-19 impacts Mexican mines

Metals miner Fresnillo cuts gold production forecasts after its Mexican mines are hit by Covid Gold and silver are seen as safe investments in economically uncertain times The firm blamed a drop in workers at its Herradura mine for its lower forecasts  Fresnillo’s silver production guidance remains unchanged at 51-56m ounces  By Harry Wise For … Read more

PUNT OF THE WEEK: Bluebird Merchant Ventures reopens old gold mines

PUNT OF THE WEEK: London Stock Exchange-listed Bluebird Merchant Ventures reopens old gold mines By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 25 September 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 25 September 2020 What is it? Bluebird Merchant Ventures reopens old gold mines. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange’s main market. What’s … Read more

Neo-Nazi farmer, 58, kept grenades, mines and explosives in his country home

Neo-Nazi farmer, 58, kept grenades, mines and explosives in his country home and stored cyanide next to the ginger beer in his fridge, court hears Police found arsenal of explosives at the property owned by Russell Wadge, 58 Officers raided his home on Baglan Farm in Trimsaran, Carmarthenshire Prosecutor Tom Little said hydrogen cyanide was … Read more

Camilla Thurlow admits going Love Island was more scary than clearing land mines in new memoir 

MEMOIR NOT THE TYPE   by Camilla Thurlow (John Blake £16.99, 288 pp) Camilla Thurlow was not exactly your average Love Island contestant when she appeared on the reality dating show in 2017. She was not, like many islanders, a personal trainer, sexy scaffolder or nebulous influencer. Thurlow’s job was far more dangerous: explosive ordinance disposal … Read more