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U.S. Expands Coal Leasing to Meet AI Energy Demands

The United States has announced a major expansion of coal leasing and extended operations of aging coal-fired power plants as part of a broader plan to meet surging electricity demand. The Department...

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Arizona Flooding Leaves Four Dead and Exposes Vulnerabilities in Mining Region Settlements

Severe flooding struck Arizona in late September 2025, leaving four people dead and prompting widespread emergency operations. The rural community of Globe, a 19th-century mining town located about 8...

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Recovering Critical Minerals from Waste: New USGS-State Partnerships Underway

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has awarded nearly $3 million in cooperative agreements to support 13 state geological surveys in joint work to inventory and characterize critical minerals in mine...

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Mercury and Arsenic Hotspots Identified in Ghana’s Artisanal Gold Belt

A year-long assessment by Pure Earth and Ghana’s Environmental Protection Authority sampled soil, water, crops and fish across six of Ghana’s 13 mining regions. Results show mercury in soils at Konon...

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Six Lost in Chilean Mine: Seismic Shock Triggers Collapse

On August 1, 2025, a collapse at Chile’s El Teniente mine claimed the lives of six workers and injured nine others. Operated by state-owned Codelco, El Teniente is the world’s largest underground cop...

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Scientific Advances in Core-Surface Material Exchange and Their Significance in Mineral Exploration

New geochemical evidence has confirmed that the Earth's core may not be as geologically sealed as once believed. Recent studies analyzing lava from hotspot volcanoes, particularly in Hawaii, have det...

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The Technical Case for Solar on Retired Coal Mines

Abandoned surface coal mines worldwide are emerging as prime candidates for large-scale solar energy development. According to research by Global Energy Monitor (GEM), more than 300 mines closed sinc...

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Geotechnical Slope Design for Lithium Deposits in a Shifting Market Landscape

As the demand for lithium continues to rise, particularly from the electric vehicle and renewable energy storage sectors, hard rock lithium deposits—primarily hosted in spodumene-rich pegmatites—are...

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Two-week quarry safety inspection campaign launched by Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority (HSA)

Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority (HSA) begun on Monday 12th May a two-week quarry safety inspection campaign as it worries that many quarries do not carry out geotechnical appraisals and subsequ...

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When Dams Fail: The Growing Crisis of Tailings Management

In recent months, a disturbing pattern has emerged across three continents: catastrophic tailings dam failures that have taken lives, destroyed livelihoods, and poisoned environments. From Zambia and...

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