The Latest Breaking News from Mining

Owner of former Nottinghamshire colliery says Coal Authority 'riding roughshod' over its history

Plans for the future of the former Clipstone Colliery include opening a heritage museum to showcase its mining history.

Nottingham Post · Apr 13, 2023

Shareholders vote in favour of mining giant BHP's $9.6bn takeover of Oz Minerals

Mining giant BHP's proposed takeover of Oz Minerals has been overwhelmingly approved by shareholders at a meeting in Adelaide on Thursday.

ABC News · Apr 13, 2023

Judge affirms stricter interpretation of federal mining law

Another judge has adopted a U.S. appellate court’s stricter interpretation of a century-and-a-half-old mining law in a new ruling that blocks a metals mine in Nevada

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2023

Bob Brown lashes court mining lease ruling

The Bob Brown Foundation has lost a court challenge related to a contentious mining waste dam proposal in Tasmania.

AAP · Apr 12, 2023

If you thought things couldn't get stupider, someone just held a CO2 reader up to a PC to prove 'bitcoin mining has zero carbon emissions'

No, it's not April 1, it's just stupid.

PC Gamer · Apr 11, 2023

Texas paid Bitcoin company $175k an hour to stop using energy during fatal 2021 winter blackout

Computers at the Bitcoin mine were using enough electricty to power 6,500 homes

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023

Some states want to give you a constitutional right to a clean environment

New Mexico's budget relies heavily on oil and gas revenue, but the state also bears the scars of generations of mining and drilling. So when Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, a former law professor and current Democratic state senator, heard about the movement to add “green amendments” to state constitutions, it seemed…

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2023

Mining exploration on the rise in SA as demand grows for materials used in renewable energy technology

As mineral exploration in SA reaches an eight-year high, resources companies are scouring remote parts of the state for commodities needed for lower-emission steelmaking, renewable energy generation and batteries.

ABC News · Apr 10, 2023

Russian Official Claims 75% of Bakhmut Seized

The Russian-installed head of the Moscow-controlled part of Ukraine's Donetsk region said on Monday that Russian forces controlled more than 75% of the besieged city of Bakhmut. The battle for Bakhmut has been one of the bloodiest of the 13-month war, drawing comparisons with World War One due to massive…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 10, 2023

Police arrest suspect in investigation of Guiana gendarme killing

Security forces in the South American overseas territory of French Guiana have arrested a man suspected of having killed a member of the gendarme police force, according to the local prosecutor's office.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 10, 2023