Karoline Leavitt: Media Silent on Retirement Mine as DOGE Uncovers D.C. ‘Rot’
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized the media for their “sheer silence” regarding the resurfacing of a limestone mine in Pennsylvania, where federal retirement files are still processed manually. Speaking on…
Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Hurts ‘Colleges Like Mine,’ College President Says
Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Hurts ‘Colleges Like Mine,’ College President Says Alexa Schwerha on February 21, 2023 A Christian college president called out President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan for…
Judge Upholds Approval Of Largest U.S. Lithium Mine, With One Catch
Judge Upholds Approval Of Largest U.S. Lithium Mine, With One Catch John Hugh DeMastri on February 7, 2023 A federal judge upheld a 2021 decision by then-President Donald Trump to approve the…
GM To Make $650 Million Investment In Key Nevada Lithium Mine. But There’s A Problem
GM To Make $650 Million Investment In Key Nevada Lithium Mine. But There’s A Problem John Hugh DeMastri on January 31, 2023 GM announced plans to invest $650 million in a Nevada…
Environmental Groups Deal Another Blow To Key Alaska Mine, Undermining Biden’s Green Energy Dreams
Environmental Groups Deal Another Blow To Key Alaska Mine, Undermining Biden’s Green Energy Dreams Jack McEvoy on December 22, 2022 Two environmentalist nonprofits purchased three conservation easements for $20 million to make…
Biden Admin Prepares To Kill Alaska Mine, Hobbling Green Agenda And Costing State Billions In Potential Revenues
Biden Admin Prepares To Kill Alaska Mine, Hobbling Green Agenda And Costing State Billions In Potential Revenues Jack McEvoy on December 2, 2022 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommended prohibiting the operators…
Former hacker sentenced for stealing computer power to mine cryptocurrency and stealing the personal information of more than 100 million people
Seattle – A 37-year-old former Seattle tech worker was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to time served and 5 years of probation including location and computer monitoring for seven…
Toyota-Panasonic battery JV to buy lithium from ioneer’s Nevada mine
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – A joint battery venture of Toyota Motor Corp and Panasonic Corp will buy lithium from ioneer Ltd’s Rhyolite Ridge mining project and use the metal to build…
Romania defuses drifting mine off Black Sea coast
BUCHAREST – Romania’s military carried out late on Sunday a controlled explosion of a naval mine that had drifted close to the country’s Black Sea shore, the defence ministry said. Mines began…
Exclusive-Peru’s Las Bambas copper mine revives after protest; but deal talks stall – data, sources
By Marco Aquino and Adam Jourdan LIMA – Copper output at Peru’s huge Las Bambas mine has returned to normal levels after a two-month shutdown due to protests was ended last month,…
Congo administrator orders China’s CMOC to stop exports from Tenke cobalt mine
By Aaron Ross (Reuters) – A temporary administrator appointed by a Congolese court to run the world’s second-largest cobalt mine ordered majority Chinese owner CMOC to suspend marketing and export of its…
At Australia mine, Glencore balances reforestation drive, coal profit
By Praveen Menon HUNTER VALLEY, Australia – At Glencore’s aging Mt Owen open-cut coal mines north of Sydney, a team of scientists and engineers is restoring woodlands to mined-out fields, aiming to…
Peru expects lower economic growth on impact of mine protests
LIMA – Peru’s economic growth will likely be slightly lower this year, according to a new central bank forecast on Friday following disruptions to major mining projects in the Andean nation, the…
Two Bodies Recovered After Swimmers Go Missing at Mine Hill Beach
MINE HILL, NJ – The bodies of two swimmers who vanished on Tuesday at Mine Hill Beach in Morris County were recovered by search and rescue teams Tuesday night, according to Morris…
China’s Sinosteel signs $680 million iron ore mine deal with Cameroon
By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE – Cameroon’s government has signed a 420 billion CFA franc ($675.96 million) high-grade iron ore mining deal with a subsidiary of Sinosteel Corporation Limited, as China seeks…
Virginia equipment company owner sentenced, fined $50,000 for role in scheme to defraud Roundup coal mine
BILLINGS — A Virginia equipment company owner who admitted to defrauding Signal Peak Energy, LLC, which operates a coal mine near Roundup, of nearly $250,000 in an equipment purchase scheme was sentenced…
Southern Copper says Peru mine remains halted despite latest deal to end protests
By Valentine Hilaire (Reuters) – Southern Copper Corp said on Wednesday that its Peruvian mine remains closed after six weeks of a standoff with protesters, accusing Peru’s government of failing to intervene…
Simandou iron ore mine developers risk penalties if timeline missed, Guinea says
By Helen Reid JOHANNESBURG – Rio Tinto and a Chinese-backed consortium risk losing their mining licences if they fail to meet a tight construction timeline for the Simandou iron ore mine in…
Union at BHP’s Escondida Chile copper mine threatens work stoppage
SANTIAGO – A union representing workers at BHP’s sprawling Escondida copper mine in Chile, the world’s largest copper mine, on Thursday threatened a work stoppage over what it claims are breaches in…
Raleigh County Man Pleads Guilty to Damaging a Coal Mine
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Raleigh County man pleaded guilty to damaging a coal mine. According to court documents, Ricky Sprouse, 46, of Naoma, admitted damaging a coal mine and stealing specialized equipment…
Chile regulator fines BHP’s Escondida mine for damage in Salar de Atacama
SANTIAGO – Chile’s environmental regulator said on Thursday it had fined Escondida mine, controlled by company BHP, $8.2 million for damage caused by water extraction in the Salar de Atacama salt flat.…
Peruvian community blocks road used by MMG copper mine, source says
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA – A community in the Peruvian Andes has blocked a key transport road used by MMG’s Las Bambas copper mine, a source close to the Chinese company said…
Two Sentenced for Cheating on Coal Mine Dust Sampling
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Last week, in United States District Court in Louisville, Kentucky, Steve DeMoss and Ron Ivy, two former mine managers, were sentenced for repeatedly violating the Mine Safety and Health…
Fayette County Man Pleads Guilty to Damaging Coal Mine
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Fayette County man pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the destruction of an energy facility. According to court documents, Earnest Wriston, 56, of Pax, pleaded guilty to damaging…
Peru community to restart blockade of Las Bambas mine road, neighbors pause protest
By Marcelo Rochabrun LIMA – A Peruvian community said on social media on Sunday that it will restart a road blockade against MMG’s Las Bambas mine, even as a second community agreed…
MMG may halt Peru Las Bambas mine operations by Feb 20 after latest blockade
– MMG Ltd said on Monday that production at its Las Bambas copper mine in Peru may stop by Feb. 20 after a local community blocked again a road used by the…
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