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Australia found more than 100, 000 exotic cockroaches in a historic operation; the discovery of insects up to 7. 5 cm and a scheme worth R$ 516, 000 put Australian authorities on alert.
4+ hour, 51+ min ago (1058+ words) Environmental authorities in Australia seized more than 100, 000 live exotic cockroaches in Bathurst, in the state of New South Wales, during an inspection operation against the illegal possession of prohibited invertebrates in the country. Among the seized animals were mainly Madagascar…...
A R$ 370 million tender for the construction of 4 prisons in SC is released from blockage after correction of flaws, unlocking works in Chapec, Lages, and Xanxer, and reigniting the debate on the urgency of the Santa Catarina penitentiary system.
21+ hour, 2+ min ago (175+ words) Mother and daughter build a 70 m" house with more than 8, 000 discarded glass bottles and impress with their creativity; known as the Casa de Sal, the property is located on Itamarac" Island, in Pernambuco. Construction material store starts selling modular units…...
Single wives in the "Little Italy" of Africa live decades without their husbands and support entire families after frustrated promises of migration to Europe.
23+ hour, 27+ min ago (130+ words) Residents saw a flash before dawn in Mexico, Pemex refinery became the focus of an oily leak, removed 549 m" of fossil fuels and raised an alert in a lagoon used by fishermen. Number of icebergs from Greenland quadruples in 25 years,…...
Workers saw leaks in a tailings dam at a copper mine in Chile, regulator found infiltration and an 18-centimeter crack, while a 240-meter fissure crossed the top of the structure.
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (1095+ words) Workers saw leaks in a copper mine tailings dam in Chile before the regulator found infiltration, a 18-centimeter fissure, and a 240-meter crack at the top of the structure. The information was published by Reuters, an international news agency, on…...
Road built to alleviate traffic in DF ends up blocked by fences and barbed wire: residents discover that the construction went through legally sold private lots and now demand answers from Samambaia, Terracap, and Novacap about public losses and mandatory detour.
4+ day, 23+ hour ago (1260+ words) A road in DF built to improve traffic in Samambaia, between blocks 8 and 10, became a complaint after fences and barbed wire appeared in the middle of the road. The case was shown in a video published by Record Bras'lia on…...
Red mud mountain in Louisiana could become a strategic U. S. mine: a $67 million project aims to extract up to 1, 000 tons of rare earths per year from industrial waste and strengthen its national critical minerals supply chain.
1+ week, 1+ day ago (546+ words) The raw material for this project is surprising: bauxite residues, known as red mud, generated by the alumina refining process. Element USA holds the exclusive rights to the waste from Atalco's refinery in Gramercy, which accumulates more than 30 million tons…...
The Lobito Corridor, a railway that cuts through Africa to transport copper from the interior to the Atlantic, is starting to take shape.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (465+ words) Africa harbors some of the planet's most coveted minerals underground, but extracting them and transporting them to the sea has always been a huge challenge. Poor roads, vast distances, and complicated borders make everything more expensive. It is precisely this…...
On the coast of Tanzania rises the largest port in East Africa, a colossal structure designed to move twenty million containers per year.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (604+ words) When it comes to mega port projects, Africa rarely enters the conversation, but that is about to change. Tanzania is building a port of gigantic scale in Bagamoyo, valued at around US$ 11 billion, with the declared ambition of becoming the…...
China sends to Africa an 800-ton, 130-meter underground machine to open 9. 7 km in a copper mine in Zambia, replacing drilling with explosives and sustaining an annual production of 60, 000 tons of the metal in a new era of African digital mining.
1+ week, 4+ day ago (554+ words) Maranh'o inaugurates an unprecedented structure for the reuse of fish waste and bets on technology developed by Codevasf and UFMA to create high value-added products with potential impact on the bioeconomy. In a single year, scientists from a major ocean…...
One of the most arid countries in Africa, Namibia found itself facing the largest oil discovery ever made south of the Sahara and now attracts industry giants to drill its deep waters in search of the hidden oil in the Orange Basin.
1+ week, 5+ day ago (422+ words) Few economic turnarounds are as sudden as the one happening in Namibia. A country with a modest population and an economy based on mining and tourism, it suddenly entered the global oil map due to gigantic discoveries at sea, in…...