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Miner Anglo American could become takeover target, say analysts

Shares are down almost 45% this year, and firm took further pummelling on Friday after production outlook warning

The Guardian - UK

This Brazilian activist stared down mining giants to protect the rainforest she loves

Champion of her ancestral forest, Brazilian Indigenous activist Alessandra Korap Munduruku was one of this year's recipients of the Goldman Environmental Prize for grassroots activists.

WEKU

Coalmines pollute much more than their operators predicted when they sought approval

An ABC analysis uncovers several examples of project approval being granted to coalmines based on environmental assessments that contained significant underestimates of their greenhouse gas pollution.

ABC News

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Indigenous woman wins prize for campaign against mining firms in Amazon

Alessandra Korap Munduruku, who headed a campaign that led mining corporations to respect her people's Indigenous territory in the Amazon rainforest, has been awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize.

Reuters

2023 Goldman environmental prize winners include Texas Gulf coast defender

Diane Wilson took on Formosa Plastics and won a $50m settlement to help clean up decades worth of toxic plastic waste

The Guardian - US

The American right has gone to war with 'woke capitalism' – here's what they get wrong

Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor and likely future presidential contender, has opened up a new front in his party’s war on “woke capitalism”. He is proposing to change the rules around how public bodies within Florida borrow from the markets by issuing bonds.

The Conversation

Mining giant Anglo American takes £1.4bn impairment on North Yorkshire fertiliser project

Long awaited development plans for the project have now been revealed

Birmingham Post

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FTSE 100 Live: Rolls-Royce shares surge, BAE Systems and WPP post results

Rolls-Royce shares are flying after the new boss of the engines giant posted better-than-expected results and said he would conduct a strategic review as part of efforts to turn around the business.

Evening Standard

Office days: The full list of average weekly working patterns at FTSE 100 companies

Here is the full list of respondents and their feedback to a Evening Standard survey looking at weekly working patterns, writes Joanna Hodgson

Evening Standard

UN experts apply for court role in Anglo American’s Kabwe lead poisoning case

The organisation and Human Rights Watch petition in South Africa to take part in class action as the mining giant denies liability

The Guardian - UK

Central Queensland coal miner tells parliamentary committee industry has paid 'lip service' to safety

Moranbah coal miner Scott Leggett puts his job on the line to call out the safety culture within the industry.

ABC News

Meet the 'scavengers' on the Black Mountain at the world's most toxic town

People working in the world's most toxic town have dangerously levels of lead in their system - but are forced to do so to make ends meet

Daily Mirror

Inside most toxic town in the world where children and residents poisoned by LEAD

Generations of children have suffered exposure to lead - a potent neurotoxin that is particularly damaging to the young - in the so-called Villages of the Damned in Zambia

Daily Mirror

Upper Hunter thoroughbred industry bolstered as state reaffirms open cut mining ban at Dartbrook

The NSW government will amend a state environmental planning policy to effectively reinforce its earlier commitment to prohibit open cut mining at Dartbrook coal mine in the Upper Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

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Radio France Internationale

Lawsuit demands justice for Zambians 'poisoned' by lead mine

A class action lawsuit targeting mining giant Anglo American over alleged health problems caused by lead mines in central Zambia will hear who can participate in the case in November.

Newcastle Herald

Nathan Tinkler circling Dartbrook underground mine as its debt-laden owner considers a sale

Nathan Tinkler's tilt at Dartbrook

Birmingham Post

Anglo American signals first half progress at Woodsmith mine following changed schedule

The mineral transport tunnel - which will eventually take polyhalite to Teesside for shipping - has been connected to the mine's access shaft

The Guardian - AU

Coalition allowed emissions from Queensland coalmine to more than double without penalty

Baseline increase for Anglo American’s Grosvenor mine prompts calls for Labor to overhaul safeguard mechanism

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ABC News

Coal royalty increase in Queensland state budget blasted by mining industry, resources council

The Queensland government's revamp of how resource royalties are collected draws heavy criticism from the mining industry, but an academic believes it capitalises on coal prices while they are spiking and will not lead to anyone going "out of business".

ABC News

Australia's total coal mine methane emissions double official estimates, Ember report finds

Researchers find "massive under-reporting" of methane emissions from Australian coal mines — but new technology could make a huge difference. So why isn't it being used?

The Independent UK

Mining companies back away from Brazil's Indigenous areas

Some of the world’s biggest mining companies have withdrawn requests to research and extract minerals on Indigenous land in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and repudiated Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s efforts to legalize mining activity in the areas

Reuters

Chile's parched mines race for an increasingly scarce commodity: water

A record-breaking drought in Chile is impacting mining operations and forcing companies to escalate their search for more sources of water, from water treatment and pricey desalination plants to even encouraging workers to use less water in the shower.

ABC News

Mining companies accused of negligence in death of Moranbah mine worker Bradley Hardwick

A civil claim in the Supreme Court alleges mining companies were aware of issues with equipment years before a father of two was killed in an underground coal mine.

ABC News

Man dies in underground coal mine in Central Queensland after being struck in the head

A 58-year-old dies in an underground coal mine at Moranbah in Central Queensland after suffering critical head injuries.

Birmingham Post

Anglo American to spend £446m on Woodsmith Project as shareholders receive bumper payout

The global operator has revised down its estimated investment in 2022 as shareholders are set to receive dividends worth £1.5bn

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