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Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole

DADEVILLE, Ala. — A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot and Wayfair. This August 10, 1909 photo shows convicts engaged in street repair on 24th Street while under the watch of guards in Birmingham, Ala. …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

The American industry that wants more government intervention

NPR

The American industry that wants more government intervention toggle caption Eric Whitney/NPR President-elect Donald Trump is promising to slash government regulations and even eliminate whole agencies. Sponsor Message U.S. mining's distinct accent Bernard Rowe is CEO of the Australian company Ioneer that's developing the Rhyolite Ridge lithium mine in Nevada. "Because there hasn't been this continuous mining industry functioning at …

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1 week ago

A minefield of controversies

The Hindu

The Union government’s move to grant tungsten mining rights to Hindustan Zinc Limited, a Vedanta Group company, near a biodiversity heritage site in Madurai has kicked up a political row in Tamil Nadu. The Chief Minister said that the Tamil Nadu government in October 2023 had raised concerns about the auctioning of mining rights of critical and strategic minerals, but …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Topless women protesting the Ukraine war are detained for vandalizing sculpture near UN building

Associated Press

GENEVA — At least three feminist activists were detained on Friday after vandalizing a monument outside the United Nations complex in Geneva to protest Russia’s war against Ukraine and what they see as the U.N.'s failure to stop the conflict. Two topless women with the group FEMEN, which is known for its provocative protests, used a chainsaw to cut into …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Takeaways from AP’s report on child labor in Nigeria lithium mines

Associated Press

NASARAWA, Nigeria — Growing demand for the lithium used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage has created a new frontier for mining in Nigeria. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print AP accompanied miners from Pasali illegal mines to Chinese-owned RSIN Nigeria Limited, where a sales agreement was reached without questions about …

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In Nigeria’s lithium boom, many mines are illegal and children do much of the work

Associated Press

NASARAWA, Nigeria — Dressed in a faded pink dress, 6-year-old Juliet Samaniya squats under scorching skies to chip at a jagged white rock with a stone tool. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print A man shows lithium stone from an illegal mining site in Paseli, north central Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024. Share …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Tamil Nadu calls for cancellation of tungsten mining rights

Hindustan Times

The Tamil Nadu assembly on Monday unanimously adopted a resolution with the support of the BJP state unit urging the Union government to cancel tungsten mining rights given to Vedanta owned Hindustan Zinc Limited in Madurai district. Leader of Opposition in Tamil Nadu Assembly and AIADMK chief Edappadi K. Palaniswami with party MLAs leaves after attending the Assembly session, at …

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2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu passes resolution opposing Centre-approved tungsten mining in Madurai

India Today

The Tamil Nadu Assembly witnessed a heated debate over the Centre’s approval to Vedanta group to mine tungsten in Madurai district before passing a resolution opposing the mining project. The resolution criticised the Union Government for disregarding Tamil Nadu’s objections raised on October 3, 2023, and proceeding with the auction of tungsten mining rights without the state’s consent. Why has …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

A Uranium-Mining Boom Is Sweeping Through Texas

Wired

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. These mines are the leading edge of what government and industry leaders in Texas hope will be a nuclear renaissance, as America’s latent nuclear sector begins to stir again. “We can make Texas the nuclear capital of the world,” said Reed Clay, president of …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Silica scars: On India’s silicosis problem

The Hindu

India’s growth aspirations have spurred the national mining industry to extract more minerals for use in construction. Mine workers exposed to silica dust for many years have a heightened risk of developing silicosis, wherein microscopic silica particles are lodged in lung tissue, hampering their normal function. On November 29, the National Green Tribunal directed the Central Pollution Control Board to …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

CAG report flags lapses in Hindustan Copper operations, highlights revenue loss

Live Mint

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has raised serious concerns over the operational performance of state-run Hindustan Copper Ltd in its report tabled in parliament. The audit report, tabled in parliament on Wednesday, points to significant lapses in exploration, mining capacity enhancement, and marketing strategies, which have impacted the company's contribution to copper production in India, the country's top …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Telangana: Tremors Shake Mancherial and Komaram Bheem Areas

Deccan Chronicle

People of these areas said they felt the tremors for two to three seconds at 7.27 am. Panicked, people called their family members and relatives and shared their experience of the earthquake.It is said that many people experienced tremors for a few seconds in Chennur, Jaipur, Ramnagar and Naspur colonies in Mancherial town and in Karnamamidi in Hazipur areas in …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Lasers Are Making It Easier to Find Buried Land Mines

Wired

scientists in the US have developed a technology that can detect land mines from far away and with high accuracy, potentially lowering the risk of removing mines from current and former conflict zones. There are currently more than 110 million land mines buried across the world, and in 2023, mines killed or injured 5,700 people, with civilians making up 84 …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

In the Mojave Desert, a gold rush sparks a mini real-estate boom for old mines

LA Times

It’s a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. Sean Tucker inspects one of his gold mining claim posts near Randsburg, Calif. On a cold November Tuesday, a mile outside town, Tucker’s bright yellow Diedrich D-120 drill rig pierces the desert silence. “Now, we just have to hope the market …

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3 weeks ago

US will send Ukraine $725 million more in counter-drone systems, anti-personnel land mines

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is preparing to send Ukraine an additional $725 million in military assistance, including counter-drone systems and munitions for its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, which could indicate more of the longer-range missiles are headed to the battlefield. The package, announced Monday by the State Department, also includes more of the anti-personnel land mines that Ukraine is …

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U.S. will send Ukraine $725 million more in counter-drone systems, anti-personnel land mines

LA Times

Ukrainian servicemen practice tactical skills at a training field in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on Friday. The U.S. is preparing to send Ukraine an additional $725 million in military assistance, including counter-drone systems and munitions for its High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, which could indicate more of the longer-range missiles are headed to the battlefield. The package, announced …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Cancel tungsten mining in TN district, Stalin urges Modi

Hindustan Times

Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the cancellation of rights granted by the Centre to a private firm to mine tungsten in Madurai district. MK Stalin urged PM Modi to intervene and instruct the Union ministry of mines to cancel the tungsten mining rights awarded to Hindustan Zinc Limited following concerns …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

U.S. landmine offer to Ukraine throws global treaty into 'crisis': campaign group

Raw Story

A U.S. offer to give Ukraine anti-personnel mines to help battle Russia's invasion has thrown a landmark global anti-landmine treaty into "crisis", campaigners said Friday, urging Kyiv to snub the proposal. The offer has thrown the treaty into "crisis", Tamar Gabelnick, director of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, told a meeting of signatories in Cambodia's Siem Reap. "We have …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Cancel tungsten mining in Madurai district, CM Stalin tells PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: Staunchly opposing the Centre's award of tungsten mining rights in Madurai district, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cancel it and asserted that the state government will not allow mining there considering aspects such as a bio-diversity heritage site and people's opposition. A notified bio-diversity heritage site falls under one …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Tamil Nadu will never allow tungsten mining in Arittapatti, surrounding areas: CM Stalin to Union govt

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has conveyed categorically to the union government that the State government will never allow any mining works including tungsten mining in Arittapatti and its surrounding places in Madurai district. CM Stalin urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cancel the award of tungsten mining rights in Madurai and instruct the Ministry of Mines to …

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MK Stalin urges PM Modi to cancel tungsten mining rights in Tamil Nadu's Madurai

India Today

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to cancel the recently approved tungsten mining rights in Madurai district. Stalin reminded the Prime Minister that the Tamil Nadu government had previously raised objections to the auctioning of mining rights for critical and strategic minerals. In a letter dated October 3, 2023, Tamil Nadu’s …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Landmine victims gather to protest U.S. decision to supply Ukraine

Raw Story

Landmine victims from across the world gathered at a conference in Cambodia on Tuesday to protest the United States' decision to give landmines to Ukraine, with Kyiv's delegation expected to report at the meet. "Look what antipersonnel landmines will do to your people," read one placard held by two landmine victims. Alex Munyambabazi, who lost a leg to a landmine …

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Memorial for Korean laborers held in Japan

China Daily

SADO, Japan — South Korea paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan's Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ceremony on Monday, a day after boycotting a similar event organized by Japan, as tensions over historical atrocities continue to strain relations between the two sides. Monday's ceremony at a former dormitory near the 16th-century Sado Mines, which were …

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Memorial for Korean laborers held in Japan

China Daily

SADO, Japan — South Korea paid tribute to wartime Korean forced laborers at Japan's Sado Island Gold Mines in a memorial ceremony on Monday, a day after boycotting a similar event organized by Japan, as tensions over historical atrocities continue to strain relations between the two sides. Monday's ceremony at a former dormitory near the 16th-century Sado Mines, which were …

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Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole

The American industry that wants more government intervention

A minefield of controversies

Topless women protesting the Ukraine war are detained for vandalizing sculpture near UN building

Takeaways from AP’s report on child labor in Nigeria lithium mines

In Nigeria’s lithium boom, many mines are illegal and children do much of the work

Tamil Nadu calls for cancellation of tungsten mining rights

Tamil Nadu passes resolution opposing Centre-approved tungsten mining in Madurai

A Uranium-Mining Boom Is Sweeping Through Texas

Silica scars: On India’s silicosis problem

CAG report flags lapses in Hindustan Copper operations, highlights revenue loss

Telangana: Tremors Shake Mancherial and Komaram Bheem Areas

Lasers Are Making It Easier to Find Buried Land Mines

In the Mojave Desert, a gold rush sparks a mini real-estate boom for old mines

US will send Ukraine $725 million more in counter-drone systems, anti-personnel land mines

U.S. will send Ukraine $725 million more in counter-drone systems, anti-personnel land mines

Cancel tungsten mining in TN district, Stalin urges Modi

U.S. landmine offer to Ukraine throws global treaty into 'crisis': campaign group

Cancel tungsten mining in Madurai district, CM Stalin tells PM Modi

Tamil Nadu will never allow tungsten mining in Arittapatti, surrounding areas: CM Stalin to Union govt

MK Stalin urges PM Modi to cancel tungsten mining rights in Tamil Nadu's Madurai

Landmine victims gather to protest U.S. decision to supply Ukraine

Memorial for Korean laborers held in Japan

Memorial for Korean laborers held in Japan