All the headlines from our Mining Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 20 2022 // The death toll from methane explosions at Pniowek mine in southern Poland climbed to five after rescue workers recovered a body of another miner trapped in a blast.The accident could have affected as many as 42 people, who...
Apr 11 2022 // Chile is suing mines operated by BHP, Antofagasta and Albemarle over alleged environmental damage caused by their operations in the northern Salar de Atacama salt flats, a court said late on Thursday.The State Defense...
Apr 4 2022 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed into law a bill that creates a mutual insurance company dedicated to coal mine reclamation costs. Critics have called it an ill-fated coal industry bailout, but supporters said it...
Mar 16 2022 // Conservation groups are suing Gov. Greg Gianforte’s administration to obtain records related to its decision to drop legal claims against a mining executive over decades of pollution from several mines.The groups,...
Mar 15 2022 // An Australian court on Tuesday overturned a groundbreaking ruling from last year that required the country’s environment minister to consider harm to children from climate change as part of the approval process for a...
Feb 25 2022 // A Montana jury has awarded $36.5 million in damages to an Oregon man who suffers from lung disease because of exposure to asbestos while working at a vermiculite mine in Libby, a bellwether case that could affect hundreds...
Feb 10 2022 // Vale and other Brazilian mining companies are set to miss a legal deadline in the state of Minas Gerais for the removal of all tailings dams built using a method linked to past collapses, and the industry is seeking to...
Feb 8 2022 // The Biden administration on Monday said $725 million in federal funds would be available to states this year to clean up abandoned coal mines, one of several initiatives aimed at reducing pollution from decades of fossil...
Feb 7 2022 // A central Montana coal mine must pay a $1 million fine for violating environmental and employee safety regulations by failing to report worker injuries and improperly disposing of mine waste, the U.S. Attorney’s...
Jan 24 2022 // The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill that would create a mutual insurance company dedicated to coal mine reclamation costs.Senate Bill 1, backed by Senate President Craig Blair, would help the state avoid what Blair...
Jan 14 2022 // A coal miner died in an underground accident in southern Indiana, authorities said.The incident occurred late Jan. 7 at the Sunrise mine in Oaktown in Knox County, near the border with Illinois, Sullivan County Sheriff...
Jan 12 2022 // Heavy rainfall is disrupting southeastern Brazil’s giant iron ore industry, with the world’s No. 2 producer Vale SA among companies to halt operations and regulators dispatched to monitor any impact on tailings...
Jan 10 2022 // LAKE LYNN, Pa. —The roof of a stone mine in southwestern Pennsylvania collapsed, killing one worker, authorities said.The collapse was reported Friday afternoon at Laurel Aggregates’ Lake Lynn Mine in Springhill...
Jan 10 2022 // The Illinois attorney general is accusing a coal mine operator of polluting the area with toxic foam to try to stop an underground fire.“Exposure to such chemicals can cause long-lasting damage to the environment and...
Jan 3 2022 // Two women have sued the operator of a Louisiana salt mine where a roof collapse killed their husbands a year ago.Genee Romero and Alexandra Patin said in nearly identical lawsuits that Cargill Inc. officials and...
Dec 27 2021 // MELBOURNE – India’s Adani Group is preparing to ship the first coal cargo from Australia’s most controversial mine, after battling a seven-year campaign by climate activists and defying a global push away...
Dec 21 2021 // PARIS – Eramet has identified a potential 45 million euro ($50.8 million) financial fraud within its group treasury operations, the French mining company said on Tuesday.“Eramet will file a criminal complaint with...
Dec 15 2021 // A mining company has agreed to pay Colorado $1.6 million to resolve its liability for natural resource damage related to the 2015 Gold King Mine spill that fouled rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah.The proposed...
Dec 14 2021 // A former official for a central Montana coal mine plead guilty to conspiring with others to not make required reports about workplace accidents that injured employees, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Montana said.Dale...
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