Latest Mining Headlines
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Judge Orders Restoration of Health Program for West Virginia Coal Miners
May 16 2025 // A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs the federal government implemented in a unit of a small U.S. health agency. U.S. District...
Did Florida House ‘Sneak’ Attorney Fee Wording Into Phosphate Mine Bill?
Apr 28 2025 // A late amendment to a phosphate mine bill has set off alarm bells among some in the Florida insurance industry, with concerns that it could cut out the heart of 2022 and 2023 legislative changes that disincentivized...
Coal Country Voices Say Closure of MSHA Offices Endangers Mine Safety
Apr 17 2025 // Retired coal miner Stanley “Goose” Stewart questions whether it’s safe for anyone to work in the industry right now. The Department of Government Efficiency, created by President Donald Trump and run by...
Scientists Predict Major Quake in Chile’s Mineral-Rich North
Mar 5 2025 // Fifteen years ago on February 27, a devastating 8.8 magnitude quake struck southern Chile off the coast of Concepcion, shaking the ground for four minutes and unleashing a tsunami that left 550 dead. It was the deadliest...
Six Years Post Fatal Disaster, Mines Start Global Waste-Dam Body
Jan 22 2025 // An international institute that seeks to improve the safety of reservoirs that store toxic waste from mining known as tailings kicked off Tuesday, six years after the collapse of a dam owned by Vale SA killed 272 people in...
Toxic Traces of Lead Mining in Missouri Are Hard to Erase
Jan 13 2025 // To see the toxic legacy of lead mining in the US and understand the complicated task of cleaning it up, all one has to do is look at Richard Rankin’s backyard in Missouri. The septic system of his home in Fenton was...
How Underground Abandoned Mines Pose Danger When Land Collapses
Dec 10 2024 // Swaths of Pennsylvania and many other states are honeycombed with old, unstable mines that can cause the earth to suddenly give way and threaten people and property. That’s what searchers in Westmoreland County, just...
Texas’ Push to Meet Power Demand Could Spark Uranium Mining Revival
Dec 9 2024 // In the old ranchlands of South Texas, dormant uranium mines are coming back online. A collection of new ones hope to start production soon, extracting radioactive fuel from the region’s shallow aquifers. Many more...
Brazil to Sign Compensation Deal With Miners Over 2015 Dam Disaster on Friday
Oct 24 2024 // Brazilian authorities will sign on Friday a long-awaited reparation deal with miners Vale, BHP and Samarco over the 2015 Mariana dam collapse, the country’s presidential office said on Wednesday. The agreement will...
Mining Dam Disaster Deal Should Curb Lawsuits Against Vale and BHP, Sources Say
Oct 22 2024 // An agreement by Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco to pay 170 billion reais ($29.85 billion) in compensation for a deadly dam collapse in Brazil could end more than a hundred lawsuits against the mining companies in...
Colorado Mine Where Guide Was Killed, Tourists Trapped Ordered Closed by Regulators
Oct 21 2024 // A former Colorado gold mine where a tour guide was killed and a group of tourists was trapped for hours after an elevator accident has been ordered to remain closed and not conduct tours while its operations are reviewed,...
Brazil to Seal $30B Compensation Deal With Miners Over 2015 Dam Collapse: Sources
Oct 21 2024 // Miners Vale, BHP and Samarco are discussing a near $30 billion compensation deal with Brazilian authorities related to the 2015 Mariana dam collapse, they said on Friday, with an agreement set to be signed on Oct. 25,...
Colorado Mine Elevator Door Was ‘Broken’ in Accident That Killed 1, Trapped 12
Oct 17 2024 // Investigators are trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left a separate group of 12 people trapped for hours at the...
Markets/Coverages: AEGIS London-Led Lloyd’s Consortium Launches $25M Miner Rescue Insurance Cover
Oct 10 2024 // The Lloyd’s insurance market’s only product writing cover for the rescue of miners trapped underground has more than doubled its available cover from $10 million to $25 million with a launch of a new consortium...
Judge Throws Out Lawsuit Over Mine Sinkholes in South Dakota
Sep 27 2024 // A judge in South Dakota has thrown out a lawsuit brought by dozens of neighbors in a Rapid City-area subdivision whose homes were built above an old, underground mine linked to sinkholes in the neighborhood. Circuit Court...
Brazil Confirms Potential $18B Deal With Miners Involved in Deadly Dam Disaster
Sep 17 2024 // The Brazilian government confirmed on Monday it was in talks on a potential $18 billion payout from a trio of miners involved in a deadly 2015 dam collapse, saying the deal could also involve further repair work by the...
Fourth Coal Miner This Year Killed in West Virginia
Sep 9 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night, Gov. Jim Justice said. The Republican governor said Gary Chapman, 33, of South Williamson, Kentucky, died after being injured...
Technology’s Grip on Modern Life Pushing Us Down a Path of Digital Land Mines
Aug 2 2024 // “Move fast and break things,” a high-tech mantra popularized 20 years ago by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, was supposed to be a rallying cry for game-changing innovation. It now seems more like an elegy for...
Woman Dies in West Virginia’s Second Coal Mine Fatality This Year
Jul 26 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia woman died Wednesday more than a week after an accident at a southern West Virginia coal mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. Ashley Cogar, 33, of Erbacon, was injured at the Wyco Surface...
UK’s First Coal Mine in 30 Years Faces Climate Court Test
Jul 17 2024 // Climate groups called a decision to open the UK’s first deep coal mine in more than three decades unlawful, claiming that approval was granted without taking into account all the harmful emissions that it would...
