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Exclusive-Peru mines power on despite protests, though shutdown risk looms

Peru's biggest copper mines have been able to maintain production despite road blockades, attacks and protests that have roiled the Andean nation for over two months and led to warnings of production halts, an analysis showed on Wednesday.

Reuters

Fortescue Metals Group charged for failing to supply documents relating to alleged sexual harassment cases

The WA watchdog has charged the mining giant with 34 counts of failing to disclose documentation over alleged harassment on its mine sites.

ABC News

Mining giant faces charges over harassment documents

Western Australia's workplace safety regulator is prosecuting Fortescue Metal Group for allegedly failing to provide documents relating to harassment cases.

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Nevada lithium mine wins ruling; green energy fights rage on

A federal judge in Nevada has ordered the government to revisit part of its environmental review of a proposed lithium mine

The Independent UK

Planning panel for proposed NSW gold mine enters third day to hear social and water impacts

The third and final day of the Independent Planning Commission's hearings into the proposal for a central west gold mine focused on the social and groundwater impacts of the project.

ABC News

Authorities investigate death of BHP worker at rail site near Port Hedland

The mining giant has confirmed the man was struck by a locomotive at a site on the outskirts of Port Hedland last night.

ABC News

Ravensworth Estate saved after Glencore fails to appeal Glendell decision

A 750 hectare parcel of land between Muswellbrook and Singleton, which is believed to have been the site of some of Australia's bloodiest frontier violence, appears to have been saved from a massive mining expansion project.

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Community wants control of latest boom after coal era

A community blueprint maps out a future for one of Australia's leading coal mining regions and tackles one of the biggest landscape restoration challenges.

AAP

Mudslides smash 5 villages in Peru; death toll lowered to 12

Residents of five small gold-mining villages in southern Peru’s Arequipa region are struggling to salvage their belongings after landslides caused by strong rains killed at least 12 people and dragged mud, water and rocks that turned precarious homes and other buildings into rubble

The Independent UK

'We need to restore the land': as coal mines close, here's a community blueprint to sustain the Hunter Valley

The decline of the coal industry means 17 mines in the New South Wales Hunter Valley will close over the next two decades. More than 130,000 hectares of mining land — nearly two-thirds of the valley floor between Broke and Muswellbrook — will become available for new uses.

The Conversation

Mining legacy: a void the size of Sydney Harbour

Post mining voids covering an area the size of Sydney Harbour could be the lasting environmental legacy of coal mining in the Hunter, a new report has warned.

Newcastle Herald

NSW mining royalties frozen while coal companies navigate price cap

Deputy Premier Paul Toole refuses to reveal how much revenue the state will lose from the mining royalty rate freeze, but says he's "confident" the announcement will not affect the budget.

ABC News

We found the WA radioactive capsule. But in 1980, Australia lost 2,200 kilograms of uranium oxide – stolen by a mine worker

The loss of a capsule of caesium-137, measuring 6mm by 8mm, dominated the news late last month. The capsule was found in the Western Australian outback on February 1, but in terms of losing radioactive material, we have been here before.

The Conversation

Illegal miners in Yanomami reservation seek Brazil government help to leave

Illegal gold miners blamed for causing a humanitarian crisis on Brazil's largest indigenous reservation are asking authorities to help them leave, one of their leaders and a Brazilian senator said on Monday.

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Leaked video footage of ocean pollution shines light on deep-sea mining

Company rebuts claims by scientists that ‘uncontrolled and unscientific’ practices highlight dangers of going ahead with seabed mining

Birmingham Post

Cornish Lithium proposes new exploration project near Blackwater

The Penryn-based mining company is looking to demonstrate commercial capability of lithium production in Cornwall for potential use in products such as batteries for electric vehicles

The Independent UK

Adani woes spur protests as stock turmoil turns political

Hundreds of demonstrators from India’s main opposition party have gathered in New Delhi and other cities to demand regulators investigate allegations of fraud and stock manipulation by India's second-biggest conglomerate, headed by coal mining tycoon Gautam Adani

Dynamite News

Haryana: Truck Tries To Run Over Magistrate, Cop Visiting Illegal Mining Site

A Haryana DSP claimed a dumper-truck allegedly tried to run him and SDM Gharunda over when they went to inspect an alleged illegal mining site in the area. Read further on Dynamite News:

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France 24

Adani debacle threatens fallout on India's wider economy

This week, a major upheaval hit one of India’s top business empires. Adani Group has operations in everything from coal mining to telecoms. Its seven main units were recently worth an estimated $220 billion. But a blistering report by an American investor research firm accusing the conglomerate of massive fraud…

AAP

Widow loses legal battle with magnate's executor

Queensland mining magnate Ken Talbot's widow has lost her court battle with the administrator of the late Macarthur Coal founder's estate.

Reason

Democrats Say They Support Green Energy. Why Do Their Policies Say Otherwise?

If you look closely, you'll find a lot of contradictions.

Salon

In rare veto, EPA halts Alaska mine

Mining waste would have jeopardized the world’s largest sockeye salmon run

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Arabia Finances $319 Million Infrastructure Project in Oman

Saudi Arabia and Oman announced on Wednesday that they signed 13 investment MoUs between the their private and public sectors with a value exceeding one billion riyals ($266.6 million). Fields covered by the agreements include oil and petrochemical storage, renewable energy and green hydrogen, mining investment, logistics and transportation, entrepreneurship,…

ABC News

Staggering recovery of tiny radioactive capsule in Western Australia still leaves many questions unanswered

The Tic Tac-sized radioactive capsule arrives in Perth after its disappearance in Western Australia's outback sparked a frantic search.

WEKU

How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy

Phone and electric car batteries are made with cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cobalt Red author Siddharth Kara describes the conditions for workers as a "horror show."

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