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‘We became activists by necessity’: The fight to close the UK’s largest opencast mine

The Ffos-y-Fran coalmine was supposed to close last September. So why is it still operating? And how long will the local community have to put up with the noise, pollution and health impacts?

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Andhra Pradesh: Allegations of land-grabbing false, says YSRCP Vinukonda legislator Brahma Naidu

I am also not involved in illegal mining of sand and gravel as is being alleged by Telugu Desam Party leaders, says YSRCP legislator from Vinukonda Brahma Naidu

The Hindu

Is Silver Setting Up for an Explosive Move Higher?

Silver’s price rallied from below $22.50 to above $25 per ounce from late June through late July before falling. Below the $24 level. Silver is the most speculative precious metal because of its per-ounce price and penchant for volatility, resulting in significant percentage moves when it moves into a bearish…

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Fire breaks out in machinery at NLCIL’s Mine II in Neyveli

A fire broke out in a spreader, a piece of heavy machinery used in open pit mining operations at Mine - II in NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) in Neyveli, on Thursday.

The Hindu

From coal mine to gold mine: Kieran Govers brings golden touch to Malaysia

Kieran Govers’ full-time job requires him to spend long hours under the ground. He is a shift superintendent with a coal-mining company in New South Wales. Above the ground, though, Govers knows a thing or two about mining gold. Govers made 126 appearances for the Australia men’s hockey team. He…

The Hindu

Deep sea creatures impacted by mining

We barely know anything about the bottom of the ocean. Nations are racing to mine it anyway

Salon

UK’s ‘wonkiest pub’ shut after 192 years

The UK’s “wonkiest pub” has closed after 192 years, said Metro. Originally built as a farmhouse in 1765, The Crooked House became a pub in the 1830s. The building started to sink in the 1800s due to subsidence caused by mining. It has attracted visitors from across the world due…

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Uranium price hike projected after Niger coup spurs slight rise

Mining operations continue in Niger, world’s seventh largest producer of uranium, despite last week’s military takeover.

Al Jazeera

Billionaire investor threatens to pull out of UK amid global outcry at new oil rush

Australian mining entrepreneur Andrew Forrest criticises ‘clickbait’ fossil fuel plans as others say Britain has lost credibility

The Guardian - UK

Is Now The Time To Buy Copper? This Buy-Rated Commodity Company Could Double

In this article, we look at 3 buy-rated commodity companies that could soar in the near future.

Barchart

No request from State govt. to withdraw permission to NLC to mine in Cuddalore: Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi

Union Minister for Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi has said the Centre has not received any request from the Tamil Nadu government to withdraw permission to NLC India to start mining operations in Mine III in Cuddalore district

The Hindu

Cryptomining Booms in Russia Despite US Sanctions

Bitmain and MicroBT expanding their shipments to Russia as U.S. market gets saturate.

Tom’s Hardware

One man and his drone: ‘My hope is to shut down the coal industry’

How a citizen vigilante in West Virginia uses his drone to uncover polluters who’d rather stay hidden

The Guardian - US

Is this Australia’s last generation of opal miners?

A bureaucratic error shut 3,000 mining claims in White Cliffs and Lightning Ridge, and many fear the industry won’t recover

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Facing the axe: new ‘forest’ definition makes large tracts vulnerable

Amendments to the Forest Conservation Act, 2006, may pose threat to Odisha’s densely treed Niyamgiri hill range

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Union govt. modifies amendments proposed to the Mines and Minerals Act following Kerala’s demand

The proposal involves removal of eight minerals included in the list of atomic minerals

The Guardian - UK

International talks end without go-ahead for deep-sea mining

Last-minute agreement reached at ISA meeting in Jamaica to discuss moratorium at next year’s talks

The Hindu

Countries at loggerheads over the future of deep sea mining

Nations opposed to deep sea mineral mining and those in favour of exploiting the oceans’ depths butted heads in Jamaica on Wednesday

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US Senate votes to expand radiation-exposure compensation, from Guam to original A-bomb test site

The U.S. Senate has endorsed a major expansion of a compensation program for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the mining of uranium during the Cold War

The Hindu

Set up single-window system to resolve mining lease issues: Siddaramaiah

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has called for the setting up of a single-window system to resolve issues relating to mining lease. Mr. Siddaramaiah on Thursday held a meeting to settle the pending issues related to the Forest Department and agencies under the Mines and Geology Department, during which he directed the…

The Hindu

Kerala may approach SC on Mines Act amendment

The Independent UK

Rescuers in Indonesia try to reach 8 workers trapped in an illegal mining hole

Indonesian rescuers are trying to save eight miners who have been trapped at an illegal mining area in Indonesia’s main island of Java, The joint search and rescue team is racing against time Thursday as they suck water out from the hole using six water pump machines

The Guardian - UK

‘I want Lula to see this’: Indigenous chief continues fight for Amazon

Raoni Metuktire Kayapó has battled against deforestation all his life and is inviting Brazil’s president to see the damage to his land

The Guardian - UK

James Cameron supports deep-sea mining. Scientists say it’s a huge risk. Who’s right?

Better the seafloor than the rainforest, proponents argue, but marine experts beg to differ as authorities meet to decide the future of deep-sea mining

Newcastle Herald

Coal communities 'getting screwed': the case for progressive royalties

The NSW government is investigating increasing mining royalties.

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