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UK’s First Coal Mine in 30 Years Faces Climate Court Test
Jul 17 2024 // Climate groups called a decision to open the UK’s first deep coal mine in more than three decades unlawful, claiming that approval was granted without taking into account all the harmful emissions that it would...
Miners’ Union Head Calls House Effort to Block Silica Dust Rule an Attack on Workers
Jul 2 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The head of the national mine workers’ union on Friday condemned what he characterized as an effort by House Republicans to block enforcement of a long-awaited federal rule directed at...
WV Coal Mine Where Miner Died Had Multiple Safety Violations
May 24 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A coal mine in West Virginia had a long history of safety violations before a miner was fatally injured this week operating an excavator, according to local news reports. Virgil Paynter, of...
Brazil States Ask Court to Double Amount Vale, BHP Should Pay for Mining Disaster
May 15 2024 // Two Brazilian states have asked a court to more than double the amount that miners Vale and BHP, plus a jointly owned tie-up, must pay in damages for a 2015 deadly tailings dam failure, according to a legal document seen...
Brazil Rejects Vale, BHP Settlement Offer for Deadly 2015 Mining Disaster
May 6 2024 // Brazil and the state of Espirito Santo have rejected a proposal by miners Vale and BHP regarding reparations for the deadly 2015 Mariana tailings dam burst, the federal government said on Friday. The statement did not...
Vale, BHP Offer $25B Settlement for Mining Disaster, but Brazil Authorities Want More
Apr 30 2024 // Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco have presented Brazilian authorities with a settlement proposal related to reparations for the 2015 Mariana tailings dam burst, but local prosecutors still want them to bump up...
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