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Showing posts with label precious metals. Show all posts

Showing posts with label precious metals. Show all posts

Friday, March 13, 2026

America's critical mineral shortage problem could be solved if new extraction method works

Electronic waste could provide needed minerals. (Photo by Nathan Cima, Unsplash) Despite rich geological stores and landfills piled with use...

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Federal audit: $1 billion in fines hasn't made mines safer

Fines of more than $1 billion over 18 years for unsafe conditions have not improved mine safety, according to a four-year long audit from t...

Friday, February 22, 2019

50 million gallons of polluted water flows from mines daily

U.S. mining sites discharging polluted water (Associated Press map; click in image for a larger version) Every day many millions of ga...

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Rural companies that supply coal equipment feeling the crunch from loss of Appalachian coal jobs

The loss of Appalachian coal jobs is not only affecting coal-mining towns but also the rural towns that supply coal equipment, John Miller...

Monday, August 03, 2015

Streams lowered by California drought become renewed sites for gold prospecting and mining

Miners collect dirt from a mud pit next to the Bear River. (Photo by Randy Pentch, The Sacramento Bee) "As California’s prolonged...

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