Latest Mining Headlines
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States Eligible for $725M a Year to Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines
Feb 8 2022 // The Biden administration on Monday said $725 million in federal funds would be available to states this year to clean up abandoned coal mines, one of several initiatives aimed at reducing pollution from decades of fossil...
Montana Coal Mine Hit with $1M Fine over Safety Violations
Feb 7 2022 // A central Montana coal mine must pay a $1 million fine for violating environmental and employee safety regulations by failing to report worker injuries and improperly disposing of mine waste, the U.S. Attorney’s...
West Virginia Aims To Launch Mutual Insurance Company for Mine Reclamation
Jan 24 2022 // The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill that would create a mutual insurance company dedicated to coal mine reclamation costs. Sen. Blair Senate Bill 1, backed by Senate President Craig Blair, would help the state avoid...
Indiana Coal Miner Dies in Underground Accident
Jan 14 2022 // A coal miner died in an underground accident in southern Indiana, authorities said. The incident occurred late Jan. 7 at the Sunrise mine in Oaktown in Knox County, near the border with Illinois, Sullivan County Sheriff...
Heavy Rainfall in Brazil Halts Giant Iron Mines, Triggers Concerns About Tailings Dams
Jan 12 2022 // Heavy rainfall is disrupting southeastern Brazil’s giant iron ore industry, with the world’s No. 2 producer Vale SA among companies to halt operations and regulators dispatched to monitor any impact on tailings...
Roof Collapse at Pennsylvania Stone Mine Kills Worker
Jan 10 2022 // LAKE LYNN, Pa. —The roof of a stone mine in southwestern Pennsylvania collapsed, killing one worker, authorities said. The collapse was reported Friday afternoon at Laurel Aggregates’ Lake Lynn Mine in Springhill...
Illinois AG Sues Mine Over Use of Toxic Foam to Control Fire
Jan 10 2022 // The Illinois attorney general is accusing a coal mine operator of polluting the area with toxic foam to try to stop an underground fire. “Exposure to such chemicals can cause long-lasting damage to the environment...
Louisiana Women Sue Over Fatal Salt Mine Collapse
Jan 3 2022 // Two women have sued the operator of a Louisiana salt mine where a roof collapse killed their husbands a year ago. Genee Romero and Alexandra Patin said in nearly identical lawsuits that Cargill Inc. officials and...
Australia’s Adani Coal Mine Nears 1st Shipment, Despite Climate Activists’ Campaign
Dec 27 2021 // MELBOURNE – India’s Adani Group is preparing to ship the first coal cargo from Australia’s most controversial mine, after battling a seven-year campaign by climate activists and defying a global push away...
French Mining Group Eramet Identifies Potential $50.8M Financial Fraud
Dec 21 2021 // PARIS – Eramet has identified a potential 45 million euro ($50.8 million) financial fraud within its group treasury operations, the French mining company said on Tuesday. “Eramet will file a criminal complaint with...
Mining Company to Pay Colorado $1.6M in Proposed Settlement for Spill
Dec 15 2021 // A mining company has agreed to pay Colorado $1.6 million to resolve its liability for natural resource damage related to the 2015 Gold King Mine spill that fouled rivers in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. The proposed...
Former Montana Mine Official Pleads Guilty to Workplace Accident Coverups
Dec 14 2021 // A former official for a central Montana coal mine plead guilty to conspiring with others to not make required reports about workplace accidents that injured employees, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Montana...
Mining the Hidden Treasure of Your Insurtech Investment
Oct 18 2021 // Your agency may have a treasure trove of untapped potential with your unused insurance software. The good news is you can unlock that potential for more value for free, it just takes spending some time to remember why your...
New York County Worker Charged in Digital Currency Mining Scheme
Sep 14 2021 // An employee cost a New York county at least $6,000 in electricity bills by allegedly secretly installing dozens of machines at his workplace in a cryptocurrency scheme, authorities said Wednesday, announcing charges...
6-Year-old Dies on Mine Drop Ride at Colorado Amusement Park
Sep 7 2021 // An investigation is underway after a 6-year-old girl on vacation with her family died at an amusement park in the western Colorado town of Glenwood Springs. Few details have been released, but Suzanne Emery with the...
Chilean Court Approves Caserones Mine Environmental Damage Remediation Plan
Sep 1 2021 // A Chilean court on Tuesday approved a plan by JX Nippon’s Caserones Mine to rectify environmental damage despite a fresh challenge to its validity raised by farmers in the country’s northern Copiapó...
Mining Giants Face Reckoning About Sexual Harassment as BHP Fires 48 Workers
Aug 20 2021 // Women still face a threat to their safety at remote mine sites across the globe. It’s a challenge the industry is grappling with after BHP Group, the world’s biggest miner, lifted the lid on a male-dominated...
Final Settlement for Brazil’s Samarco Mining Dam Disaster Could Reach $19 Billion
Jul 20 2021 // RIO DE JANEIRO – A definitive settlement with miner Samarco and owners, BHP Group and Vale SA, for the damage caused by a burst tailings dam in 2015 could reach 100 billion reais ($19.06 billion), the governor of the...
Study: Abandoned S.D. Gypsum Mine May Extend Below Interstate
Jun 23 2021 // An abandoned gypsum mine in Black Hawk, S.D., that was exposed by a sinkhole in 2020 may extend farther than current mapped areas show, according to a geophysical study. Mohammad Sadeghi, a professor of geological...
Tennessee Mining Company Accused of Firing Employee Over Safety Complaints
Jun 22 2021 // Federal regulators have brought a complaint against a zinc mining company, claiming that an employee in Tennessee was illegally fired for making safety complaints about the mine. U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh filed...
