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This Copper Mine Led to a Civil War. Can Reopening It Fund a New Nation?

13 octobre 2026 à 21:28
Rising demand for copper has fueled interest in Bougainville’s Panguna mine, which has been shut for four decades. Yet some fear a rush to reopen risks a return to violence.

Workers clearing debris within a former processing plant as part of preparations to reopen the Panguna copper and gold mine.

Dozens Killed in Airstrikes Near Sudan-Egypt Border

13 octobre 2026 à 06:13
The attacks occurred at a remote gold mine hundreds of miles from the front lines of Sudan’s devastating civil war. Videos showed what appeared to be Egyptian munitions.

Mass Shootings Surge in South Africa as Illegal Guns Flood Streets

2 octobre 2026 à 14:52
The country was shaken after nearly 30 people were killed in two separate mass shootings. South Africans are demanding greater government intervention.

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Residents stood behind police tape near the scene where gunmen armed with assault rifles stormed a bar in Johannesburg on Sunday.

What We Saw in One Venezuelan Gold Town

28 septembre 2026 à 10:08
With U.S. support, traders arrived and cut deals. That investment has so far failed to improve the bleak conditions in the mining industry.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

El Callao, the town at the heart of Venezuela’s gold mining industry.

Trump Brought Venezuelan Gold to the U.S., but Refiners Won’t Touch It

28 septembre 2026 à 14:43
The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

Gold miners at work in El Callao, Venezuela.
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