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The Mining Industry’s Waste Problem Will Only Get Worse
Bloomberg Opinion   19 February 2019   World  
Trouble ahead. Photographer: Victor Moriyama/Bloomberg
<p>It&rsquo;s taken two tragedies in just over three years, but the mining industry is finally starting to clean up its act. <br />Brazil&rsquo;s government Monday announced plans to ban upstream tailings dams, a low-cost method of storing mining waste implicated ...
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Toxic City: The Cost of Gold Mining in South Africa
Aljazeera   11 February 2019   South Africa   Johannesburg  
<p>In the midst of Johannesburg are mountains of sandy dirt - tall, geometric, and as much a part of the landscape as the city's glittering skyline.<br />Winds stir up dust from the dunes and carry it to nearby homes where it settles on roofs, roads, and areas ...
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Rio Tinto Leads A Surprisingly Strong Mining Sector
FORBES   22 January 2019   World  
Photographer: Jack Atley/Bloomberg News
<p>Asset sales, cost cutting and reasonable commodity prices are combining to create the best financial conditions in decades for big mining companies as demonstrated by this week's December quarter production report from Rio Tinto.</p>
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Australia’s rehabilitation of abandoned mines offers lessons for the world
Cosmos Magazine   16 November 2018   Australia  
Photo courtesy of Green MPs, from Flickr, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
<p>Across the globe, countries are figuring out how to bring plants and animals back to abandoned mines. With as many as 60,000 such sites, Australia could offer important lessons. Bianca Nogrady reports.</p>
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19 dead in east China mining accident
The Straits Times   29 October 2018   China  
Nineteen miners were confirmed dead.PHOTO: AFP
<p>BEIJING (AFP) - Nineteen miners have been confirmed dead in east China following a mining accident earlier this month that trapped 22 people, state media reported on Monday (Oct 29).<br />The tunnel where the miners were working was blocked at both ends ...
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Aura suspends San Andreas mining
Mining Journal   23 October 2018   Honduras  
Aura Minerals has suspended mining at San Andres as political turmoil in Honduras intensifies
<p>Mid-tier gold-copper producer Aura Minerals (TSX:ORA) has suspended mining operations at its beset San Andres mine, in Honduras.</p> <p>The mine has been illegally occupied since early July and the company has been unable to get to a resolution. It expects ...
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China coal mine collapse: 2 workers killed, 2 rescued, 18 still trapped
The times of India   21 October 2018   China  
<p>BEIJING: Two mine workers were killed, two have been rescued while 18 others remain trapped in a coal mine that was ripped through in a rock burst in east China's Shandong Province, local officials said on Sunday.</p>
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History of mining: Five of the oldest mines still in operation
Mining Technology   20 September 2018   World  
<p>While mining is nothing new, with archeologists finding evidence that the history of mining goes back to the ancient world, it is rare these days to find mines that have continued to produce on a commercial scale. Here are some of the oldest mines still ...
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A PROPOSED GOLD MINE IN INDONESIA COULD HAVE A CATASTROPHIC ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
PASIFIC-STANDARD   21 June 2018   Indonesia  
<p>The proposed mine would sit within Cenderawasih Bay National Park, while parts of it also overlap onto or border the Wondiwoi Mountains Nature Reserve—both protected areas.<br>Environmental officials have warned of the potentially catastrophic impact of ...
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Ten killed in collapse at Zambian copper mining dump
Reuters   20 June 2018   Zambia   Africa  
<p>LUSAKA (Reuters) - Ten people were killed and another 10 injured when a Zambian dump for copper mining waste collapsed on Wednesday, police said.</p> <p>Informal &ldquo;artisanal&rdquo; miners have taken to re-excavating copper and other metals from the ...
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