Miners
The Rise of New Dual Miners Technology
HELSINKI, May 2, 2022 /CNW/ — Dual Miners (www.dualminers.com/) have crossed the $20million USD mark in pre-orders and sales. Dual Miners has announced the official introduction of three mining rigs that have the potential to change the worldwide crypto industry. They have recently earned the distinction of becoming the first company to ever produce an …
Muslim miners in Bosnia break fast underground
AP PHOTOS: Muslim miners in Bosnia break fast underground By KEMAL SOFTIC May 2, 2021 GMT https://apnews.com/article/world-news-europe-business-religion-38dd484946f420f8e9e82487b76ebd2d ZENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Groups of men are preparing for long hours of hard labor deep underground in a trouble-plagued coal mine in Bosnia’s central city of Zenica. During Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, observant Muslims among them …
Fuel-Cell Technology Lets Platinum Miners Shine Again
JOHANNESBURG—South African platinum miners are raking in record amounts of cash and reinvesting in their mines in a bet that vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells will help lift demand. After years of low prices, profits at local miners of platinum group metals, which include palladium and rhodium among others, have soared, even though lockdowns …
11 of 22 Chinese miners trapped in gold mine rescued
Authorities have been racing to dig out 22 people trapped underground in the city of Qixia, Shandong Province, since an explosion blocked their exit on January 10. The first miner was rescued on Sunday morning at about 11:13 a.m. local time, and was in “extremely weak condition,” according to state-run news wire Xinhua. State broadcaster …
Driving trucks, blasting rocks – Women break the mold at Burkina Faso gold mines
HOUNDE, Burkina Faso (Reuters) – Tene Konate takes pride in telling incredulous relatives about her job driving a 72-tonne dump truck around the vast open pit at the Hounde gold mine in western Burkina Faso. Tene Konate, 42, a truck driver, talks on a radio as she sits in her truck at the gold mine …
No, Concentration Among Miners Isn’t Going to Break Bitcoin
CoinDesk columnist Hasu is a pseudonymous crypto researcher publishing analysis for Deribit Insights and his personal blog. A recent TokenAnalyst report claims a single entity could be in control of around 50 percent of bitcoin’s hashrate. The observation is based on the fact that five large mining pools have launched a new cloud mining service …
Climate defenders: The woman helping coal miners to save the planet
The burning of coal is a huge driver of climate change but it’s also estimated that coal mining employs around six million people worldwide and is the lynch-pin of many communities. Sharan Burrow wants to find alternative livelihoods and therefore help protect our climate. It’s being called the “Just Transition”. The BBC’s Maryam Moshiri met …
Tasmanian miners hold out hope for brighter future as technology industry grows
Updated September 15, 2019 10:32:48 Photo: Many miners’ hopes have been raised at times that the copper mine at Mt Lyell would reopen, only to be dashed. (ABC News: Mitch Woolnough) Politicians trumpeting the rebirth of mining in Tasmanian communities desperate for jobs are being warned they may be doing damage. Key points: Mining is …
Iran’s Energy Minister Wants Crypto Miners Charged Real Electricity Prices
The deputy energy minister of Iran has said that electricity bills for digital currency miners should be calculated in accordance to real prices, Iranian economic daily newspaper Financial Tribune reported on June 9. Iran’s deputy energy minister, Homayoun Haeri, has stated that electricity bills for cryptocurrency mining activities should be priced according to the same …
