Tag: Mining
Trump Takes a Major Step Toward Seabed Mining in International Waters
President Trump has ordered the U.S. government to take a major step toward mining vast tracts of the ocean floor, a move that...
Trump’s Executive Orders on Coal Call for More Mining and Weaker...
CLIMATEWIRE | President Donald Trump on Tuesday made an unprecedented peacetime intervention in the electricity sector, using executive orders to force aging coal-burning...
Mining the Pacific – future proofing or fool’s gold?
BBC/Lindle MarkwellPrime Minister Mark Brown, who is driving this, also happens to be the tourism minister and the seabed minerals minister. He's made...
Deep-sea mining: Norway suspends controversial plan
Norway has paused its controversial project to open up its seabed for commercial-scale deep-sea mining.Oslo had planned to let companies apply to mine...
South Africa’s illegal mining industry: Gang-controlled ‘towns’ grow underground
Getty ImagesAlong with about 600 other men, Ndumiso lives and works in a small gang-controlled "town" - complete with markets and a red...
Mali wins $160m in mining dispute after detaining boss of Australia’s...
An Australian mining company, Resolute Mining, says it will pay Mali's military government $160m (£126m) to settle a tax dispute, after the company's...
Mining giants sign $30bn settlement for Brazil 2015 dam collapse
Getty ImagesThe mining giants BHP and Vale have signed a deal with the Brazilian government to pay nearly $30bn (£23bn) in compensation for...
Ghana’s illegal gold mining industry causes environmental destruction
ReutersWater from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an artist was able to use it as paint to...
Book Review: The Big Costs of Mining the Planet for Electric...
October 15, 20241 min readBook Review: The Big Costs of Mining the Planet for Electric PowerVince Beiser’s tour of the “Electro-Digital Age” puts...
