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Biden administration moves to block Ambler Road and announces sweeping restrictions on NPR-A drilling
19 Apr 2024 09:32 GMT
… millions of acres from drilling and mining, and help reduce future … to support potential future mines. A final decision from … a really dangerous and risky place to invest.”
Limits … billions of dollars of potential mineral development, including for resources …
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Indonesia’s grand ambition to become an EV leader rests on nickel mining boom
19 Apr 2024 09:21 GMT
… too risky and too expensive — which use high temperatures to extract … its global dominance of the metal — or become a major … of mine waste footprint, rainfall and seismic risk.”
Mining firms … , while Indonesia’s state miner Aneka Tambang, in partnership …
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DEP investigates water surfacing above abandoned mines
18 Apr 2024 20:46 GMT
… high water levels from underground mines occur after heavy precipitation, … to consider the water “hazardous” and to keep pets … operations.
History of mining in NEPA
Mine subsidences have long been … above abandoned coal mines, including mine shafts and slopes.
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The Nation’s Coal Miners Get a Rare Piece of Good News
18 Apr 2024 17:38 GMT
… it being a known health hazard for decades,” said Acting … take immediate corrective action. Mines must also employ engineering controls … would be too costly to mining companies.
Petsonk believes the … made clear in the Mine Act that miners’ health and safety must …
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Mining under new gas pipelines dangerous – Genser Board Chair warns galamseyers
18 Apr 2024 16:38 GMT
… to him, the illegal miners digging in search of … operations creates a highly hazardous environment, potentially leading to … risks associated with illegal mining activities beneath gas pipelines. … have begun prospecting for minerals along our gas pipelines, …
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Senate passes bill to mitigate danger of hardrock mine sites
18 Apr 2024 15:47 GMT
… mining in the American West.
Among its provisions, the Legacy Mine … where extraction, beneficiation, or processing of hardrock ores or minerals … the cleanup of these hazardous sites is too often … continue to drain toxic heavy metals into our waterways, and …
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New federal rule targets hazardous silica dust in mining
18 Apr 2024 12:40 GMT
The recent initiative by U.S. federal authorities introduces stringent measures to combat the exposure of miners to dangerous silica dust, a move set to prompt significant health surveillance advancements in the mining industry. It could also increase …
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How Is Digital Transformation Reshaping the Mining Industry?
18 Apr 2024 11:27 GMT
… drilling and hauling systems, Internet of Things (IoT) sensors monitoring mine … possibilities. All depend on extracting value from data – … work, the Mining, Mineral processing, and Metals industry (MMM) … alert systems to hazardous conditions can significantly …
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MSHA launches new miner safety standard at UMWA
18 Apr 2024 04:28 GMT
… meant to protect miners from health hazards associated with exposure … also compels metal and nonmetal mine operators to establish … one example of how metal nonmetal mining companies will react – … and two years for metal/;nonmetal mines, according to Su.
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Ethiopia: Golden Ambitions – War Legacy Impedes Tigray’s Gold Mining Revival
18 Apr 2024 00:38 GMT
… the riches of metallic minerals within the Precambrian … substantial health hazards to both miners and the … challenges to exploit gold mines,” Tesfalem noted. “ … mining enterprise, following MIDROC Gold Mine PLC, which operates at its gold extraction …