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Court told mining executive once transported 120kg of gold bars on back seat of car to his employer's house in Perth

A mining executive transported up to 120 kilograms of unstamped gold bars on the back seat of his car to the Perth house of his employer, the same boss who now alleges he stole gold-bearing ore, the District Court has heard.

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Indonesian farmers fight for their land in nickel mining boom

WAWONII, Indonesia: Three women with machetes stood guard at their farm hilltop on Indonesia's Wawonii Island, directing their blades towards the nickel miners working in the forest clearing below.

Bangkok Post

Potash investment upsets locals

Locals in Chaiyaphum province have expressed alarm after the cabinet's decision in February to put an extra 90 million baht investment into Asean Potash Chaiyaphum Plc (APOT), seen as a push to revive the local potash mining industry.

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Inside the emerald mines that make Colombia a global giant of the green gem

NPR ventures into a Colombian emerald mine — which used to be more dangerous, with potential explosions inside and gunfights outside. The CEO, a former U.S. diplomat, says he wanted to change that.

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'Ring of fire' volcano about to blow as hot 'Doomsday' smoke and lava spews for miles

Indonesia's Mount Merapi spewed searing gas clouds with lava pouring down its slopes, which forced officials to halt tourism and mining activities in the local area

Daily Mirror

Indonesia’s Merapi Volcano Spews Hot Clouds in New Eruption

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Saturday with avalanches of searing gas clouds and lava, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano. Merapi, on the densely populated island of Java, unleashed clouds of hot ash and a mixture of rock, lava and…

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Indonesia’s Merapi volcano spews hot clouds in new eruption

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi has erupted with avalanches of searing gas clouds and lava, forcing authorities to halt tourism and mining activities on the slopes of the country’s most active volcano

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The Downfall of Jason Kenney and His Big Blue Truck

Why the maverick, masculine symbol ran out of gas

The Walrus

'Deeply disappointing': whistleblower says both parties falling short

No promises: NSW State Government and Opposition will 'consider' releasing secret report

Newcastle Herald

Coal mines get access to Sydney drinking water stocks

Mining companies have been granted access to Sydney drinking water catchment in a last-minute move from the NSW government, alarming environmental activists.

The New Daily

NSW to grant coalmines licences for water from Sydney and Illawarra drinking catchments

Perrottet government quietly gazetted rules day before caretaker period commenced for election campaign

The Guardian - AU

Fossil fuels received £20bn more UK support than renewables since 2015

Exclusive: One-fifth of money given directly to fossil fuel industry was to support new extraction and mining

The Guardian - UK

Court hears alleged million-dollar gold theft relied on 'handshake' agreements

A lawyer for one of five people on trial in Kalgoorlie over an alleged million-dollar gold swindle says there was a "handshake" agreement to seal a lucrative mining deal.

ABC News

Panama reaches 20-year deal with Canadian copper mine

Panama’s government says it has reached an agreement with a local subsidiary of a Canadian mining company that will allow it to operate for 20 years more

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Tyler Mahoney is an unstoppable 25-year-old gold miner who's addicted to the hunt

Growing up, Tyler Mahoney spent her days searching for gold in the WA desert. She still loves the "dopamine hit" of finding it.

Radio France Internationale

Indigenous leaders ask EU to scale up justice against mining abuses

A proposed EU law to prevent environmental and human rights abuses by multinationals has been cautiously welcomed by global Indigenous leaders seeking to highlight the damage done by extractive industries. However they say the text needs to go further if it is to protect Indigenous populations from mining companies.

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Aboriginal elders give federal court evidence on FMG Pilbara dispute

The Federal Court has heard evidence as part of a long-running dispute between traditional owners and Andrew Forrest's resources company.

The Conversation

Underlying Australia's inflation problem is a historic shift of income from workers to corporate profits

The three years since the onset of the pandemic have witnessed a dramatic redistribution of national income, away from labour compensation and towards business profits.

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Newcastle Herald

Hunter mining corruption claims treated with contempt, critics say

The NSW Ombudsman was stymied by a lack of records produced by the department, which were "not sufficient to allow us to understand how the disclosures were received, handled and investigated" the report says.

Birmingham Post

Cornish Metals reports ‘very good progress’ for Cornwall tin mine project

The Canadian-headquartered mining company is working to revive production at the historic South Crofty mine in Pool near Redruth

Daily Mirror

Inside 13 ghost towns left to slowly rot away across US as nature reclaims the land

From faded boom towns to places abandoned due to natural disasters these husks of their former selves serve as reminders that civilisation doesn't always find a way and what's been built can melt away

ABC News

Hancock Prospecting declared $150,000 donation 444 days late, but AEC won't say if they're investigating

Gina Rinehart's company Hancock Prospecting declares a $150,000 political donation 444 days after the legal deadline, following questions from the ABC.

Newcastle Herald

DIG INTO THIS: Demands for action over mining corruption claims

Public faith in the regulation of mining in NSW was being 'severely undermined'

ABC News

Foreign ownership of gold mines would rise above 50pc if Newmont-Newcrest deal goes ahead, analyst says

If a $24.4 billion takeover bid for the country's biggest producer is successful, foreign ownership of Australia's gold mining industry would rise above 50 per cent, according to an analyst.

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Adani's Australian arm Bravus issued with Environment Protection Order over future underground works at Carmichael mine

Bravus must now do extra groundwater modelling after providing Queensland's environment department with new information indicating that future underground mining may draw down on water from the nearby Doongmabulla Springs.

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