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Mining's toxic timebomb: dams full of poisonous waste are dotted around the world. What happens when they burst?
As soon as the barrier broke, a flood of poison brought death to the river. Gushing through the fragile wall built to hold back mining waste in Zambia's copper belt in February 2025, more than 50m cubic litres of acid and heavy metals poured into…
Rio Tinto Reports Fatal Incident at Utah Mine
Rio Tinto said an employee of a contracting company died following an incident at its Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah. All surface and underground mining operations at Kennecott, the town where the mine is located, have been suspended. Chief Executive…
Navy's last Gulf minesweeper home days before Iran 'mines Hormuz
Battered and unseaworthy, HMS Middleton was dragged by tugs into Portsmouth naval base on Sunday. The Hunt class mine countermeasures vessel (MCMV) returned to the home of the Royal Navy on March 8 after being brought back from the Gulf by a…
Iran's Strait of Hormuz Toolkit: Drones, Missiles, and Mines
Welcome back to Foreign Policy 's Situation Report. We're now 13 days into the Iran war, and Tehran increasingly appears to be setting the terms and tempo. We'll be diving into that and more in this week's edition. Alright, here's what's on tap for…
Lack of access to WA mine sites sparks concerns over drinking water
Topic:Mining Environmental Issues The Water Corporation says a lack of access to Alcoa mine sites is making it difficult to monitor the quality of the state's drinking water. The peak water provider says a lack of information from the mining giant…
Lack of oversight at Alcoa's mines raises fresh concerns over Perth's drinking water
Western Australia's water utility was shut out of Alcoa's mining sites in state forest, newly released documents reveal, raising concerns the lack of oversight could be detrimental to Perth's drinking water supply. The documents show Water…
Feid Launches Record Label Grabaciones Los Poderosos: 'It's Always Been an Ambition of Mine'
Feid officially launches his own record label called Grabaciones Los Poderosos, Billboard can exclusively announce today (March 12). The label will operate under a distribution agreement with Universal Music Latin Entertainment. “For me…
Bitcoin news: BTC mining faces price risk, not power cost shock, as oil tops $100
As oil surges past $100 amid escalating Middle East tensions, the question for the Bitcoin network and miners is not whether their power bills will rise, but whether Bitcoin's price will fall. According to research from bitcoin mining software and…
Groups asked for mine proposal feedback
The fast-track expert panel overseeing a massive mining proposal in Central Otago has approached several environmental groups for feedback. Santana Minerals wants to mine for gold in the Bendigo Valley, and its application has been referred to the…
Bitcoin Miners 'Sitting on a Gold Mine' as AI Demand Ramps Up: VanEck
VanEck's head of digital asset research, Matthew Sigel, said Bitcoin miners are uniquely positioned to benefit from a global scramble for electricity and computing power, arguing the sector has underappreciated upside as AI demand accelerates.
Wesdome Gold Mines Q4 Earnings Call Highlights
Wesdome Gold Mines TSE: WDO used its fourth-quarter earnings call to highlight what management described as a record year for financial performance and gold production in 2025, while outlining a deliberately conservative outlook for Kiena in 2026…
Soma Gold gets first shipment from Diamantina Mine in Colombia
Soma Gold has received the first shipment of mined material from the Diamantina Mine, now formalised under Colombian regulations, at its El Limon Mill in Zaragoza, Antioquia. This development follows more than five years of efforts to formalise the…
Barrick Mining (NYSE:B) Trading Down 2.1% - Here's Why
Shares of Barrick Mining Corporation (NYSE:B - Get Free Report) TSE: ABX fell 2.1% on Thursday. The stock traded as low as $44.06 and last traded at $44.50. 7,906,623 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 50% from the average session…
'Kast is more like Trump': Chile's environmentalists prepare to do battle for the country's future
In Chile 's most northerly region, Arica y Parinacota, Andrea Chellew, 62, relies on tourists for her cafe. They usually travel from the coastal city of Arica to the unique biosphere of the Andean highlands, which rise well above 5,000 metres and…
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