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Mining rollercoaster to ease in 2023

Commodity prices may slide in 2023 but Australia's glittering status as a friendly source of critical minerals and coal will sort the winners from the losers.

AAP

The crypto crash has been bad—and even worse for Bitcoin miners

Greed and bad decisions have left the once-booming Bitcoin mining industry reeling.

Fortune

Pakistan's top court endorses Barrick Gold's $10 billion mining investment

Pakistan's Supreme Court endorsed on Friday a settlement for Barrick Gold to resume mining at the Reko Diq project, one of the world's largest underdeveloped sites of copper and gold deposits, it said in an order.

Reuters

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Riyadh, Beijing Seek to Increase Cooperation in Housing, Mining and Industry Projects

Saudi Arabia and China are seeking to form a joint working group on cooperation in the field of housing, within the mechanism of the Trade and Investment Subcommittee, to enhance exchanges at the governmental level, and coordinate policies and planning. Areas of cooperation include the exchange of development plans, policies,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Frog's Leg gold mine explosion near Kalgoorlie latest in series of blasting mishaps

Safety inspectors are investigating an explosion at an underground gold mine in Western Australia's Goldfields. It's the third serious incident involving explosives in the region in as many months.

ABC News

Mining industry pay entices 'mobile' workers as job change rate hits decade high

Mining job vacancies have risen 62 per cent since February 2020. The sector's high pay is luring workers into the industry in exchange for a FIFO lifestyle.

ABC News

Tiwai Pt smelter owner looks to commission its own renewable power generation

Updated: A remorseful Rio Tinto promises to do better, after the mining and smelting company angered Southland, New Zealand and much of the world with its wanton disregard for local communities and the environment.

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Cumbria coalmine is owned by private equity firm with Caymans base

West Cumbria Mining, which set up Whitehaven office during push for new mine, owned by EMR Capital

The Guardian - UK

West Cumbria Mining: What is coking coal and why are critics against a new mine?

This will be the first mine to open in the UK in 30 years, much to the dismay of climate change activists

Evening Standard

EnerMech acquires Stork Australia and New Zealand

Deal brings clients from sectors including defence, mining, chemicals and energy

Insider UK

Stop China from undermining the electric car revolution

City Voices: Electric vehicle battery prices have risen for the first time in more than a decade as China tightens its grip on supply of key metal cobalt

Evening Standard

Action after alleged gas cartel attempt

A mining equipment and technology services company allegedly tried to establish a cartel with four other suppliers in breach of competition laws, the ACCC says.

AAP

Resort-style FIFO camp plans for Onslow divide opinion as Mineral Resources pushes ahead

Mineral Resources says its proposed 500-bed, high-end workers camp in Onslow will help drive cultural change, but locals are far from convinced.

ABC News

Environment group to challenge Mount Pleasant expansion over concerns for climate, legless lizards

Members of a Hunter Valley environmental group say they feel like "hobbits taking on a big action" ahead of a legal challenge involving mining giant MACH Energy.

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The Independent UK

Interior secretary: `Unacceptable' to mine near famed swamp

A member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet is urging Georgia officials to deny permits for a proposed mine near the edge of the famed Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge

The Guardian - UK

‘We need the jobs’: Cumbrians divided over new coalmine

Despite positivity in Whitehaven, near the former Marchon chemical plant, proposals still cause worry

Bangkok Post

Thousands of illegal cryptocurrency mining units seized

Special investigators have seized about 3,500 illegal cryptocurrency-mining units operating from rented buildings in Bangkok and Nonthaburi and stealing vast amounts of electricity.

WEKU

Environmentalists and Ky. AG want to pump the brakes on a massive crypto mining facility. Why?

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Stoking the fire

A music studio is a burst of colour and culture in an unlikely place — one of Australia's most controversial coal mines.

Newcastle Herald

More than Ukraine war to high coal prices as debate over price caps continue

Why price controls might not work when coal supply is so short

AAP

Coal gets Queensland budget back in black

Queensland will seek compensation for capping domestic coal prices, as exporters warn the state's own higher royalty charges are "killing the golden goose".

Daily Mirror

Inside creepy train tunnel that once joined two villages and left abandoned for decades

The stone train tunnel was once a crucial thoroughfare for south Wales' mining industry. But it was closed six decades ago and has since been overtaken by nature after being left abandoned

ABC News

ABS data shows billion-dollar spend on mineral exploration breaks previous records in Australia

Gold continues to be the most sought-after commodity as mineral exploration in Australia reached record highs during the September quarter when more than $1.08 billion was spent.

WEKU

There's a lithium mining boom, but it's not a jobs bonanza

The promised surge in clean-energy jobs from the growing popularity of electric vehicles in the U.S. is mostly focused farther down the supply chain, like at battery assembly plants.

Reuters

Papua New Guinea PM Marape urges miners to go ahead with projects

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Monday urged mining investors to get on with developing their resources, pushing for more downstream processing in the country and more local employment.

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