Mining
- Alberta coal mine moves ahead without permits federal officials say are neededwww.winnipegfreepress.com Alberta coal mine moves ahead without permits federal officials say are needed
Environmental groups are asking Ottawa to enforce its rules on an Alberta coal site that has started building an underground test mine without fisheries permits that officials have said are required.
- Mining company can't tap water needed for Okefenokee wildlife refuge, US saysapnews.com Mining company can't tap water needed for Okefenokee wildlife refuge, US says
A federal agency is asserting legal rights to waters that feed the Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge, setting up a new battle with a mining company seeking permits to withdraw more than 1.4 million gallons per day.
- BHP and Vale ordered to pay $15bn in damages for 2015 Brazil dam collapsewww.theguardian.com BHP and Vale ordered to pay $15bn in damages for 2015 Brazil dam collapse
Mining companies and their joint venture Samarco ordered by Brazilian judge to pay AU$14.7bn over disaster that killed 19 people
- Illegal sand mining is big business for organized crimewww.scientificamerican.com Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand
Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities. Can it be stopped?
- New gold rush flattens Johannesburg's famous mining dumps (2014 Article)www.foxnews.com New gold rush flattens Johannesburg's famous mining dumps
A new gold rush is hitting Johannesburg, literally flattening the South African city whose Zulu name “Egoli” means City of Gold.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/5856215
> Good article that shows how mine dumps can be reclaimed to support human use (drive in) and how re-mining of wastes can be feasible in some cases
- Hallstatt mine is the oldest mine in the world
More info
https://www.google.com/amp/s/phys.org/news/2018-08-salt-alps-ancient-austrian-bronze.amp
- Sask. town located near massive mining project readies for 'influx of people' | CTVsaskatoon.ctvnews.ca Sask. town located near massive mining project readies for 'influx of people'
BHP's plan to spend billions more on a Saskatchewan potash mine is getting resounding approval from Lanigan mayor Tony Mycock.
- A new era is dawning for mining in Canada's prairie provinces
Sorry for having to share via google docs; the original source requires you to sign up (but it's free) original source is here: LINK
- Cyanobacteria a potential method of Rare Earth Element extractionphys.org A dozen exotic bacteria are found to passively collect rare earth elements from wastewater
Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemically similar metals, which got their name because they typically occur at low concentrations (between 0.5 and 67 parts per million) within Earth's crust. Because they are indispensable in modern technology such as light-emitting diodes, mobile phone...
- Lithium producing countries, visualized
Source: https://elements.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-the-worlds-largest-lithium-producers/
- China restricts exports of two metals that the EU considers of 'strategic' importancewww.euronews.com China restricts exports of two metals the EU considers 'strategic'
China has imposed restrictions on the exports of gallium and germanium, ratcheting up trade tensions with Western allies. #EuropeNews
Gallium and germanium
- Mass Fighting Breaks Out At Giant Russian Gas Field | OilPrice.comoilprice.com Mass Fighting Breaks Out At Giant Russian Gas Field | OilPrice.com
A massive fight among hundreds of migrant workers from Central Asian states broke out over the weekend at Gazprom’s Kovykta gas field
It's like the opening chapter of Red Storm Rising or something.
- Moment mine collapses in China's Inner Mongolia region – video [Feb 2023]www.theguardian.com Moment mine collapses in China's Inner Mongolia region – video
An open-pit coalmine has collapsed, killing at least five people in Mongolia
- [US] Congress Makes Modest Headway on Mine Permitting Reform - Minerals Make Lifemineralsmakelife.org Congress Makes Modest Headway on Mine Permitting Reform - Minerals Make Life
The needs of the American people will not be met without further bipartisan agreements that address mine permitting reform.
- In Rush for Key Metals, Canada Ushers Miners to Its Fragile Northe360.yale.edu In Rush for Key Metals, Canada Ushers Miners to Its Fragile North
Canada is offering incentives to mining companies to dig in its northern regions for the critical minerals needed for EVs and solar panels. But based on past abuses, critics fear carbon-rich peatlands will be lost, wild rivers polluted, and enormous cleanup projects left behind.
- China’s Sinomine eyeing major expansion at Tanco mine in Manitoba to boost critical minerals productionwww.theglobeandmail.com China’s Sinomine eyeing major expansion at Tanco mine in Manitoba to boost critical minerals production
National security fears linger as Chinese miner considering partial drainage of Manitoba’s Bernic Lake and construction of open pit mine to access cesium trapped underground
- Police called in after sand mining opponents blast RM of Springfield officials at meeting
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/718757
> As a proponent of green energy: mining is absolutely required to transition out of oil. The alternative is hunter gatherer civilization. People protesting this are doing it wrong. At best, it's NIMBYism. > > I'm a geophysicist. AMA if you have concerns and I'll try to allay your fears.
- Teck Resources considers Glencore offer for just the coal business in latest twist to mining sagafinancialpost.com Teck Resources considers Glencore offer for just the coal business in latest twist to mining saga
Glencore has proposed buying Teck Resources’s coal business as an alternative to its $23 billion takeover bid that was rejected. Read more
- 'Dramatic' shift needed to attract more women to mining: panelwww.sudbury.com 'Dramatic' shift needed to attract more women to mining: panel
Sector is changing, but more efforts required to create a truly inclusive industry, battery-electric conference hears
