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Mecca opens new ring road extension, cutting travel times to Grand Mosque by up to 90%

Dubai: Saudi Arabia has opened a major extension of Mecca’s Third Ring Road, cutting travel times to the Grand Mosque and the Jamarat facility in Mina by up to 90 per cent, the Royal Commission for Mecca City and Holy Sites announced. The newly opened section forms part of a project to complete the Third Ring Road, one of four major ring roads surrounding the holy city, aimed at easing congestion…

Mecca opens new ring road extension, cutting travel times to Grand Mosque by up to 90%

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Zanetor charges mining companies to protect host communities

The Minister of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has called on mining companies operating in Ghana to strictly comply with environmental laws and regulations…

  • Ghana's Minister of Environment urges mining companies to follow environmental regulations.
  • Zijin Golden Ridge Limited praised for environmental sustainability initiatives.
  • Concern over illegal small-scale mining's environmental damage.

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