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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...
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...
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...
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// A judge on Tuesday ordered the restoration of a health monitoring program for coal miners in West Virginia and rescinded layoffs the federal government implemented in a unit of a small U.S. health agency.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...
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