Latest Mining Headlines
All the headlines from our Mining Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Spanish Authorities Seek Damages From Swedish Mining Firm for Toxic Spill in 1998
Jul 6 2023 // Spanish authorities are seeking 90 million euros ($98 million) in damages from a Swedish mining company for a major toxic spill near the famed Doñana National Park in 1998. The civil trial that opened Tuesday is hearing...
Tornado Ripped Through Massive Wyoming Coal Mining Site
Jun 26 2023 // A tornado that ripped through a massive coal mining site in northeast Wyoming halted operations, but only eight people were injured and no deaths were reported, officials said. The tornado hit the North Antelope Rochelle...
Wildfires Force Miners to Halt Operations in Eastern Canada
Jun 7 2023 // Several mining companies have temporarily halted operations and exploration activities in eastern Canada as unprecedented wildfires rage. Iron Ore Co. of Canada, which is majority owned by Rio Tinto Group, is in the...
Three Alaska Native Tribes Suing to Block Major Gold Mine Project
Apr 13 2023 // Three Alaska Native tribes have sued to block what they say would be one of the largest gold mines in the world, arguing that federal agencies failed to properly analyze health and environmental concerns for the project in...
Court Affirms $2.5M Penalty for West Virginia Governor’s Coal Mines
Apr 11 2023 // A federal appeals panel has affirmed $2.5 million in penalties against Appalachian coal mines owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice over claims they violated a settlement meant to prevent pollution. A three-judge panel...
Brazil Miner Vale to Pay $56M to Settle SEC Charges Related to Dam Safety Disclosures
Mar 29 2023 // Brazilian mining firm Vale SA agreed to pay $55.9 million to settle charges related to allegedly false and misleading disclosures about the safety of its dams prior to a 2019 dam collapse in Brazil that killed 270 people,...
Coal Miner Killed in West Virginia, Second Fatality This Year in the State
Mar 24 2023 // A coal miner died Wednesday in an accident at a northern West Virginia mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. Cecil Barker, 62, of Philippi, was working as a surveyor at Century Mining’s Longview Mine in Barbour County. Two...
Miner BHP Potentially Faces $44B Lawsuit in London Over Brazil Dam Collapse
Mar 16 2023 // Mining group BHP Group is potentially facing a 36 billion pound ($44 billion) lawsuit in London over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster after the number of claimants more than tripled to 700,000, their lawyers...
Underground Coal Mine Collapse Injured 3 in Montana
Mar 3 2023 // Three workers were injured when part of an underground coal mine with a history of safety violations collapsed in southern Montana, authorities said Wednesday. The miners were about a mile inside Signal Peak Energy’s...
Kentucky Man Dies in WV Coal Mine, First U.S. Mining Fatality This Year
Mar 1 2023 // A coal miner has died in an incident in a southern West Virginia mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. William Mapes, 73, of Freeburn, Kentucky, died Sunday, Justice said Sunday in a news release. Mapes had 53 years of mining...
Nevada Mine Cited for Major Safety Violation in Worker Death
Feb 14 2023 // Federal investigators cited a Nevada gold mine for safety violations in the death of an underground worker, including inadequate inspections and a defective rearview camera on the truck she backed into a deep hole before...
Investigators Say Burst Pipeline Killed Nevada Gold Mine Worker
Feb 7 2023 // Two miners were trying to remove a water pipeline at a gold mine in northeast Nevada last month when the pipe burst, killing one and injuring the other, according to a preliminary report issued by federal safety...
Biden Awards $2.8B to Boost U.S. Minerals Output for EV Batteries
Oct 19 2022 // Updated: 1:15pm EDT, Oct 19 The Biden administration said on Wednesday it is awarding $2.8 billion in grants to boost U.S. production of electric vehicle batteries and the minerals used to build them, part of a bid to wean...
AXIS to Stop Insuring Energy, Mining Without Backing of Indigenous Communities
Oct 17 2022 // Reinsurer AXIS Capital said it would refuse to underwrite energy, mining and other projects that did not have the backing of local indigenous communities, in a move welcomed by campaigners as setting a new industry...
Miner Glencore Faces Raft of Class-Action-Style Lawsuits in UK After Admitting Bribery
Oct 11 2022 // Glencore Plc faces a raft of class-action style lawsuits from investment and pension funds in the UK, months after the mining giant pleaded guilty to market manipulation and bribery. Mubadala Investment Company and...
Ukraine’s Grain Challenge: Clearing Mines, Finding Ships and Insurance, Trusting Putin
Jul 22 2022 // Ukraine finally secured a deal aimed at restarting crucial Black Sea grain exports that have been crippled by Russia’s invasion. But getting them going won’t be easy. Government officials from Kyiv and Moscow...
Maine Mining Superfund Site to Receive $21M
Jul 6 2022 // A Maine superfund mining site is receiving $21 million in Environmental Protection Agency funding to expedite contamination cleanup efforts. The Callahan Mine superfund site in Brooksville originally received $9 million...
China Digital Campaign Used Social Media to Target Mining Firms: Report
Jun 30 2022 // A pro-China propaganda campaign used fake social media accounts to try to stir up opposition, including protests, against mining firms that challenge China’s business interests, U.S.-based cyber-security firm...
Probe Into Australia’s Mining Sector Uncovers ‘Horrific’ Sexual Abuses
Jun 29 2022 // A landmark inquiry into Australia’s mining sector has uncovered dozens of shocking cases of sexual harassment and abuse of women workers at companies including BHP Group and Rio Tinto Group. The Western Australia...
New Jersey Sues Ford for Damages Over Mining That Contaminated Tribal Land
Jun 21 2022 // New Jersey officials sued Ford Motor Company on Thursday, alleging that the automaker contaminated the ancestral homeland of a Native American tribe by dumping paint sludge and other pollutants into a former mine. The...
