Tag: Metals and minerals industry
China cuts steel import tariffs to push industry to improve
BEIJING — China suspended some import taxes on steel Wednesday as part of a multiyear campaign to use market pressures to force Chinese producers...
Polish govt, unions initial plan to phase out coal by 2049
WARSAW, Poland — The government of Poland, a country heavily reliant on coal, initialed an agreement with the coal mining industry Wednesday to phase...
Colombia police, military raid illegal gold mining operation
MAGUI PAYAN, Colombia — From the air, the illegal gold mines look like wounds in the dense jungle of southern Colombia — scars of...
EPA review faults permitting for proposed Minnesota mine
MINNEAPOLIS — An internal investigation has found that the Environmental Protection Agency mishandled its oversight of permits for what would be Minnesota’s first copper-nickel...
Georgia governor won’t wade into debate on Okefenokee mining
FOLKSTON, Ga. — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said Thursday he's not wading into the debate over whether a mining company should be allowed to...
Miners’ union backs shift from coal in exchange for jobs
WASHINGTON — The nation's largest coal miners' union said Monday it would accept President Joe Biden's plan to move away from coal and other...
California Gold Rush town to remove noose from city logo
PLACERVILLE, Calif. — The California Gold Rush town of Placerville will change its logo to remove a noose that stems from its mid-19th century...
21 Chinese coal miners trapped by underground flood
BEIJING — Rescuers on Sunday were trying to reach 21 coal miners who were trapped by an underground flood in China's northwest, a state...
Main opposition party against mining wins Greenland election
HELSINKI — Greenland’s main opposition party, which is against an international mining project involving uranium and other metals on the Arctic island, has emerged...
Greenland election shows divide over rare-earth metals mine
HELSINKI — Greenland is holding an early parliamentary election Tuesday focused in part on whether the semi-autonomous Danish territory should allow international companies to...