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#1 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...
#2 Rio Tinto Reaches $138.75M Settlement With Investors Over Mongolian Mine
Jun 20 2025 // Rio Tinto agreed to pay $138.75 million to settle a lawsuit that accused the Anglo-Australian mining giant of defrauding investors by concealing problems with its $7 billion underground expansion of the Oyu Tolgoi copper...
#3 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...
