Why Miners Are Flocking Back to This Abandoned Mine
There's a town in northern Mexico called Ojuela that's got a rich history of valuable mining industry, but nowadays is largely deserted. But it's getting a new, second life thanks to a t ...
Agency approves expanding Okefenokee wildlife refuge, setting up possible buyout of mining project
A federal agency has approved an expansion of the Okefenokee Swamp's vast wildlife refuge. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
Exclusive: Biden administration issues permit for Perpetua's Idaho antimony and gold mine
The Biden administration on Friday issued the final mining permit for Perpetua Resources' antimony and gold mine in Idaho, ...
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Mining is necessary, but must be done responsibly, Idaho Conservation League report says
Mining has played an important role in shaping Idaho, but the Idaho Conservation League is working to raise awareness about ...
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MACUA Appeals to Constitutional Court to Rescue Illegal Miners Trapped in Stilfontein
The Mining Affected Communities United in Action (MACUA) has escalated its fight to rescue illegal miners trapped in an ...
Federal government approves 20-year mining ban in part of SD’s Black Hills
The federal government approved a 20-year ban Thursday on new mining-related activity in a portion of South Dakota’s Black ...
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Feds approves 20-year mining ban in part of South Dakota's Black Hills
The federal government on Thursday approved a 20-year ban for new mining-related activity in a portion of South Dakota’s ...
The South African gold mines taken over by criminal gangs
Down a shaft that plunged more than a mile below the earth in South Africa’s old mining heartland, a man’s life hung in the balance. After weeks working — then later, trapped and starved by violent ...
Stilfointein illegal miners claim they are eating human flesh as food runs out
A letter written in broken isiZulu and a mix of isiXosha, claimed that some of the miners have disappeared after they tried to exit using shaft 10 and some are weak and sick.
Magic and lights draw crowds to an alpine village in Washington state for Christmas
Leavenworth was a near ghost town on the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains, with abandoned mines and abandoned dreams. Then, desperate business owners made a far-fetched pitch.
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Destitute South Africans and migrants risk their lives in illegal mines—and are exploited by criminal gangs
In the small town of Stilfontein, some 90 miles from the city of Johannesburg, South Africa, hundreds, possibly thousands, of ...