Mining
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South Africa’s illegal mining industry: Gang-controlled ‘towns’ grow underground
Ndumiso works at a different shaft at the mine, and surfaced last month, before the current stand-off. He is now…
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Politics
Rio Tinto employees report rise in bullying, sexual assault | Mining
Half of survey respondents also say mining giant’s workplace culture has improved ‘a lot’ or ‘a little’. More than one-third…
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Politics
South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know | Mining News
Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein town,…
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Africa
Mali wins $160m in mining dispute after detaining boss of Australia’s Resolute
It is is seeking to extract a greater share of income from foreign operators in the sector. It is not…
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Two saved from abandoned South Africa gold mine after court orders rescue | Mining News
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Rescue operations involving volunteers under way in Stilfontein amid reports that hundreds are still trapped underground. Two…
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Volunteers mobilise as South Africa says it will rescue trapped miners | Mining News
Government initially closed a shaft to deprive undocumented miners it called ‘criminal’ of food, water and medicine. Dozens of local…
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Space
Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus Mysteries
NASA’s Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus decades ago shaped scientists’ understanding of the planet but also introduced unexplained oddities. A…
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Mining giants sign $30bn settlement for Brazil 2015 dam collapse
President Lula said: “I hope the mining companies have learned their lesson; it would have cost them less to prevent…
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Brazil seals $30bn compensation deal with BHP, Vale over 2015 dam collapse | Mining News
The dam collapse unleashed wave of tailings in disaster that killed 19 people, left hundreds homeless, flooded forests. Brazil has…
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Brazil victims of mining disaster take BHP to court in London | Environment News
Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster have turned to a United Kingdom court for compensation, almost nine years after tonnes…
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