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Bill Gates addresses participants of the World Health Summit 2024 in Berlin
Finance

AI-powered mining firm backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos is now worth $2.96 billion as it takes on Chinese rivals

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January 2, 2025
Photo of Emma Watson
Retail

Forget bling, De Beers has found a surprising use for lab-grown diamonds outside of luxury jewelry, and business is booming

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December 9, 2024
James Howells (front right) pictured with Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond (front left) when the pair met to discuss Howells's lost coins.
The Coins

$749 million ‘treasure hunt’: Crypto miner fights to retrieve Bitcoin fortune he claims was accidentally thrown in landfill

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November 21, 2024
Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., attends the Nvidia AI Summit Japan in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024.
Tech

Nvidia’s crypto gambit likely to see Supreme Court scrutiny

By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press
November 13, 2024
An engineer at HB Antwerp studies a large diamond.
Features

A little-known startup is acquiring enormous diamonds—and using blockchain tech to shake up a $100 billion industry

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October 31, 2024
A private property sign is attached to a fence outside the old Stauffer chemical plant toxic waste dump site in Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Environment

Over 1 billion tons of radioactive waste is in Hurricane Milton’s path

By Michael Biesecker, Jason Dearen and The Associated Press
October 9, 2024
Norway may be the first nation to mine the Arctic seabed—it could cause ‘irreversible’ damage to the marine ecosystem
Environment

Norway may be the first nation to mine the Arctic seabed—it could cause ‘irreversible’ damage to the marine ecosystem

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September 20, 2024
China controls 70% of the world’s critical rare earth minerals. Finding an alternative is proving tough—and expensive
Finance

China controls 70% of the world’s critical rare earth minerals. Finding an alternative is proving tough—and expensive

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September 17, 2024
Montana miner laying off 700 as price for metal used in catalytic converters collapses
Finance

Montana miner laying off 700 as price for metal used in catalytic converters collapses

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September 13, 2024
Colorado home of National Mining Museum dubious about plan to ‘remine’ gold from local mine waste
Environment

Colorado home of National Mining Museum dubious about plan to ‘remine’ gold from local mine waste

By Matthew Brown, Brittany Peterson, Thomas Peipert and The Associated Press
September 12, 2024
Protest in the street
Environment

Rio Tinto is moving to open a mine critical for the EV transition—but locals insist they’ll die first

By Jovana Gec and The Associated Press
August 9, 2024
A man holds two white panels next to a bright light.
Environment

Nissan is experimenting with futuristic new paint that can cool down your car by over 20º F

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August 7, 2024
Protesters campaigning against the opening of a controversial lithium mining project.
Environment

Lithium protests in Serbia over deal to cut Europe’s dependency on China for valuable battery element

By Ivana Bzganovic and The Associated Press
July 30, 2024
A botanist works in her greenhouse to save an endangered plant
Environment

A rare endangered plant is at the center of a brewing battle in Nevada, which could supercharge the transition away from fossil fuels

By Scott Sonner and The Associated Press
July 18, 2024
The small German village of Mühlrose is facing extinction from opencast mining, despite Germany’s 2030 pledge to leave coal behind
Environment

The small German village of Mühlrose is facing extinction from opencast mining, despite Germany’s 2030 pledge to leave coal behind

By Petra Sorge and Bloomberg
July 9, 2024

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