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Mine vows to make good on promise to surrender lease

Yancoal says it remains committed to handing back an infrastructure mining lease for the South East Open Cut project at Camberwell.

Newcastle Herald

Concerns and impatience over mining the world's seabeds

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The prospect of large-scale mining to extract valuable minerals from the depths of the Pacific Ocean, once a distant vision, has grown more real, raising alarms among the oceans' most fervent defenders.

AFP

Deaths of Queensland miners highlight gaps in industry safety measures

Two miners who died this week will be added to a list of over 1,500 lives claimed by the state's mining industry. Despite significant resources invested in mining safety, why are these tragedies still happening? Experts explain.

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Michael Duff's inspirational coal mining trip rousing Barnsley's promotion charge

Michael Duff was the first player to start in the Hellenic League and play in all eight tiers in ascending order before reaching the Premier League - now he's manager at League One Barnsley

Daily Mirror

China Green Bulletin: New Ford-CATL Battery Plant, Green Energy Capacity Trumps Coal

Chinese firms search the world for mining assets, Beijing promotes EVs in rural areas

Caixin Global

Dispute about McArthur River Mine’s environmental security bond reaches the Northern Territory Supreme Court

The minister's decision-making with respect to the McArthur River Mine is currently being challenged in court by environmentalists and traditional owners in a case described as nationally significant.

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Bitter brawl between billionaires Andrew Forrest and Kerry Stokes boils over, with communications minister asked to intervene

A bitter scrap between two of Australia's richest men spills over, after mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest accused fellow WA billionaire Kerry Stokes of abusing his media power to pursue his commercial mining interests.

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‘Dug up their mates’: More details from horror mine accident

Heart-wrenching details have emerged about mine workers' efforts to save the lives of two men who plunged 125 metres underground

The New Daily

Can Congress fix an 1872 mining law?

Federal rules for mining haven't been updated since Ulysses S. Grant was president

Salon

Peru protests jolt mine activity with Las Bambas, Antapaccay hit hardest

Peru's top copper mines are starting to see activity hit harder by protests and blockades in the country's southern Andes, power data reviewed by Reuters shows, with Chinese-owned Las Bambas and Glencore PLC's Antapaccay currently worst affected.

Reuters

Exclusive-Brazil plans legislation to crack down on laundering of illegal gold

Brazil's government is taking a fresh tack in its effort to crack down on illegal gold mining in the Amazon, preparing legislation that would require electronic tax receipts for the buying and selling of the precious metal, four sources with knowledge of the plans said.

Reuters

Australian zinc mine rescue team finds vehicle of missing workers

Australian mining services provider Perenti Ltd said on Thursday that a rescue team had located the vehicle used by two company employees, who went missing after falling down a hole at MMG Ltd's zinc mine in Queensland state.

Reuters

PolyMet mine in Minnesota becomes NewRange Copper Nickel

PolyMet Mining and Teck Resources have finalized a joint venture to complete the copper-nickel mine that PolyMet has been developing in northeastern Minnesota

The Independent UK

Glencore rewards shareholders after coal-fuelled profits

Zurich (AFP) - Swiss mining giant Glencore said Wednesday it would dish out $7.1 billion to shareholders after posting record profits driven by a surge in coal prices following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Glencore shareholders to receive almost £6bn after record profits

Mining and commodities firm’s pre-tax profit climbed 60% to £28.2bn last year, up £10.6bn on 2021

Los Angeles Times

The horrors behind the mining industry that powers your life

"Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives" by Siddharth Kara; St. Martin’s (288 pages, $30)

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Fortescue founder claims signing Yindjibarndi royalty agreement risks creating 'alcohol disasters'

Fortescue Metals executive chairman Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest defends the failure to sign a mining compensation agreement with Yindjibarndi traditional owners in WA's north.

AAP

Perrottet government to outlaw offshore gas drilling

The NSW government will block plans to drill gas off the NSW coast and says the Albanese government must ban offshore drilling in all Commonwealth waters.

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Northern Territory workforce shortages force government, industries to seek employees across globe

Industry groups and the NT government are travelling as far as the UK and India in an effort to ease crippling worker shortages in hospitality, mining and construction.

ABC News

This Australian island is constantly covered in a fine layer of dust. Now locals want answers

On Groote Eylandt, off the NT's Arnhem Land coast, a fine dust coats the houses and cars. Community members say it could be putting their health at risk.

Newsroom.co.nz

No more passing the buck – why batteries should have passports

Providing transparency is vital so people can make informed buying choices, and battery producers can end abusive mining practices.

AFP

Deep-sea mining noise pollution threatens whales: study

Paris (AFP) - Scientists warned on Tuesday that controversial seabed mining could significantly threaten ocean ecosystems, especially blue whales and other cetaceans already stressed by shipping, pollution and climate change.

Daily Record

Woman who vanished from Welsh village thought to have taken bus to Cumbernauld

Inta Soboleva, 30, was reported missing from the former industrial coal mining village of Treherbert on Friday, February 10.

WEKU

A social justice group is calling for an investigation into eastern Kentucky floods

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth are asking the federal government to investigate the role coal mining could have played in 2022 floods

The Guardian - UK

Deep sea mining noise poses harm to blue whales, scientists warn

Paper calls for assessment of impact of sound pollution on cetaceans before firms allowed to mine sea bed

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