President Evo Morales said Thursday he would nationalize a mineral processing plant owned by the Swiss mining company Glencore International AG, the first step of his plan to take control over a larger share of Bolivia’s mineral wealth.
Morales did not state the terms under which his government would take over the Vinto plant on the [...]
The federal Bureau of Land Management is about to begin an environmental impact study on a proposed surface coal mine just south of the Kane County town of Alton but also fairly close to Bryce Canyon National Park.
That location is likely to spark a “jobs vs. environmental protection” debate as the [...]
Mega Uranium Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has been granted three mining concessions covering 48.7 km2 of ground with uranium potential in the Zapatoca-Contratacion Uranium District of Santander Province, Colombia. Applications for four other concessions in the area with a total area of 74 km2 are being processed by the State mining authority, [...]
Mega Uranium Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has been granted three mining concessions covering 48.7 km2 of ground with uranium potential in the Zapatoca-Contratacion Uranium District of Santander Province, Colombia. Applications for four other concessions in the area with a total area of 74 km2 are being processed by the State mining authority, [...]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - One miner was killed and a second was seriously injured Monday in what has become the deadliest year in the nation’s coal mines in a decade.
And the industry, reeling from the 43 deaths so far in 2006, still faces the most dangerous time of the year: the winter.
Federal statistics show most coal [...]
A deadly dynamite battle between rival groups of Bolivian miners ended in a truce on Friday night and President Evo Morales fired his mining minister, who was criticized for not anticipating the violence.
The official death toll rose to 16, after state-employed miners and members of independent mining cooperatives fought with dynamite, sticks and stones on [...]
