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Seaham coal mine heat network goes live
A mine water heating system which will eventually supply hundreds of homes has gone live. The ultra-low carbon district heat network now supplies heat to about 50 properties in the Seaham Garden Village development. The scheme will eventually…
Mining, electricity lead 6.8% rise in industrial output in August
Industrial output in Rwanda's formal sector increased by 6.8 per cent in August 2026 compared with the same month last year, driven by strong growth in mining and quarrying and electricity production. According to the Index of Industrial Production…
Genesis Mulls Gold Mine Sales Once Vault Takeover Is Completed
Gold producer Genesis Minerals Ltd. is looking to sell or spin off some Australian mines after it completes a takeover of Vault Minerals Ltd. “We're in a strategic review at the moment,” Genesis Executive Chair Raleigh Finlayson said…
Watchdog identifies 'psychological harm' at world's largest lithium mine
WorkSafe has found poor workplace culture and conditions at Talison's Greenbushes Lithium Mine have left workers exposed to significant psychological harm. Staff say excessive demands, poor resourcing and work areas contaminated with animal faeces…
Barrick Mining: Nevada Is Priced Like It Is Already Listed (NYSE:B)
Barrick settled with Newmont, collected a $1.95 billion promise and got a green light to list its North American gold business. The obvious bull case is that the listing unlocks hidden value. I checked, and the price already pays about full value…
Calm down: High Court's coal mine judges are no climate activists
Both sides of the climate change divide need to calm down. Today's High Court decision on the Mount Pleasant coal mine is symbolically important, yes, the first time the nation's top court has properly weighed in on climate change. But this isn't…
Experts question viability of billion-dollar deep-sea mining gold rush
Few people on Earth have seen a polymetallic nodule 4 kilometres under the ocean, but Rob McCallum is one of them. 'They are anywhere between the size of a potato or a baseball, and they are black,' he said. Mr McCallum is a divemaster and founder…
Gemcorp Joins Madagascar to Raise $5 Billion for Energy, Mining
Madagascar wants to raise as much as $5 billion by teaming up with asset manager Gemcorp Capital Management Ltd. to fund energy, infrastructure and mining projects in the island nation. The partnership was unveiled late last month as a key pillar…
Landmark ruling blocks coal mine, sets new environmental benchmark
The High Court has upheld a challenge to the extension of a major coal mine on grounds that NSW authorities failed to consider the project's so-called scope 3 emissions, in a landmark ruling that could make broad environmental concerns a key…
Discovery Mining: A Path To Tripling Its Gold Production (TSX:DSV:CA)
Discovery Mining remains a Buy, driven by a clear path to tripling gold production to 750,000+ ounces annually within five years. Q2 2026 delivered record production and strong margins, but free cash flow was negative due to high capex and the…
N. Korea appears 'flustered' by S. Korea's DMZ blast findings, mine-clearing: defense minister
North Korea appears to be taken aback by South Korea's investigation results blaming Pyongyang for a recent mine blast near the inter-Korean border and its subsequent mine-clearing operation in the area, Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul said…
Trump's US Department of War pours £7 million into Cornish mine
The US Department of War is looking to open a tungsten mine in Cornwall. Strategic Minerals, an international mineral exploration and production company, has revealed that through its wholly-owned subsidiary Cornwall Resources Limited (CRL), the US…
Australia top court rules against coal mine expansion, citing climate harm
Australia's highest court has ruled against the expansion of a major coal mine, finding that planning authorities had failed to ensure that emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases would be “minimised to the greatest extent…
A constant problem': Abandoned mines causing sinkholes, other incidents across the country
In California, a gold mine caved in beneath a family living room, killing a 32-year-old man and his dog. In Pennsylvania, a grandmother died when an abandoned coal mine gave way under her feet while she searched for her missing cat. And in New…
High Court rules on mine emissions; Humm chair, director exit amid probe; France's debt bomb should worry Chalmers and CEOs
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