June 28, 2019 Death toll at Glencore’s mine puts spotlight on illegal mining Workers will go to extreme lengths to break into mine sites in Africa, sometimes tunneling underneath walls or living underground to extract ore with a pick-axe.
June 27, 2019 Your diamond ring now comes with a resume and passport Russia’s Alrosa is rolling out a program that will allow jewelry buyers to track their diamond’s history in detail.
June 27, 2019 Peru native groups use new legal strategy to push back on oil, mining plans Native communities from the Peruvian Amazon and the Andes have filed at least eight lawsuits against the government since passage of the so-called "prior consultation" law in 2011.
June 27, 2019 SolGold’s Nick Mather on receiving TNM’s Mining Person of the Year Award We have the potential to turn Ecuador into the second greatest copper-producing nation on earth.
June 27, 2019 Future of mining in Ecuador to be decided by gov’t — SolGold Court has determined that asking inhabitants of certain provinces about the matters relevant to other areas is unconstitutional.
June 26, 2019 Renewable energy sources in the US now outstrip coal While the US coal industry has been for years losing ground to renewables, they overtook the fossil fuel for the first time ever in April.
June 26, 2019 Denison tests in situ recovery for Wheeler River The ISR tests will help determine its viability for commercial production at Wheeler River, which would be the first uranium mine in Canada to use the technology.
June 23, 2019 Proposed US mining legislation follows strict party lines — editorial For miners, probably the worst part of the bill is its proposed imposition of a 12.5% royalty on all new mining operations, and 8% on existing ones.
June 21, 2019 Visualizing US energy use in one giant chart U.S. energy use has been generally increasing, eventually topping 100 quads per year by 2018.
June 20, 2019 Group sues Trump administration for withholding information on mining decision A conservation group on Thursday sued the Trump administration for withholding documents related to its decision to cancel a 20-year ban on mining in a Minnesota wilderness area.
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