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#1 Toxic Spill at China-Owned Zambian Mine 30 Times Worse Than Estimated
Aug 15 2025 // The partial collapse of a waste dam at a Chinese state-owned copper mine in Zambia may have released 30 times more toxic sludge into the environment than previously reported, according to an independent evaluation of the...
#2 West Virginia Approves More Mining in Area Residents Say Is Already Contaminated
Sep 15 2025 // In 2023, dirty mine water gushed out of the ground behind James Christian’s home, flooding his yard in Wyoming County, West Virginia. Sinkholes formed, a strong sulfur-like odor lingered in the air and oily sheens...
#3 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...
#4 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...
#5 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...
#6 Mining Project Near Okefenokee Swamp Has Stalled Over a $2M Permit Requirement
Jun 17 2025 // A company that has spent years battling conservationists as it seeks a permit to mine outside the Okefenokee Swamp and its federally protected wildlife refuge needs to do just one thing before regulators make a final...
#7 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...
#8 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...
#9 Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring in Illinois Underground Mine Fire Fraud
Sep 3 2025 // A Kentucky man entered a guilty plea to conspiring to defraud the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) in relation to an underground fire that occurred in the MC#1 Mine in Franklin County, Illinois, in August...
#10 Administration Reverses Course on Planned Closure of Mine Safety Offices
Jun 2 2025 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Trump administration is dropping plans to terminate leases for 34 offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws, the Department...
#11 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...
#12 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,...
#13 Wildfire Burns Through Historic California Gold Mining Town, Destroying Multiple Homes
Sep 3 2025 // A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners, forcing evacuations and destroying properties. The fire rapidly expanded to 6,473 acres, forcing the evacuation...
#14 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...
#15 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,...
#16 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...
#17 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...
#18 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...
#19 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...
#20 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...
