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Province approves more work at Touquoy gold mine after 2023 pause
3+ hour, 46+ min ago (446+ words) Posted Apr 10, 2026 01: 57: 18 PM. Atlantic Mining Nova Scotia received approval from the provincial government to process stockpiled ore at a gold mine in Halifax County. According to a press release from the government, at the Touquoy gold mine in Moose River,…...
Argentina approves Milei's bill that eases protections for glaciers despite environmental backlash
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (566+ words) Posted Apr 9, 2026 11: 50: 09 AM. The legislation, approved by the Senate in February, was passed with 137 votes in favor, 111 against and three abstentions. According to mining sector estimates, the new regulatory framework could unlock over $30 billion in investments over the next decade....
As waterfront homeowners stock up on sand, those living near sand excavation sites pay the price
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (1745+ words) Posted Apr 3, 2026 01: 42: 54 PM. For four years, since Larry Lewis moved to Cranberry Village, he's heard the rumble of trucks and excavators from a sand excavation site owned by cranberry grower A. D. Makepeace. The noise is a nuisance, but his real concern…...
A Long Beach aerospace firm is betting on a new industrial boom: capturing asteroids
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1067+ words) Posted Apr 1, 2026 04: 19: 33 PM. It's like shooting a bullet with another bullet. Except the two " one the size of a trailer and the other as tall as the Empire State Building " are thousands of miles apart and moving at 7, 000 miles an…...
South African soldiers dismantle illegal mining operations near Johannesburg as miners flee
4+ week, 11+ hour ago (412+ words) Posted Mar 13, 2026 05: 43: 33 AM. Makeshift trenches with food supplies and utensils belonging to the miners were also dismantled, with clothing items left behind after the miners fled the site in Randfontein, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) to the west of Johannesburg. The operations…...
Ring of Fire roads to be complete by 2031, ahead of schedule: Ford
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1346+ words) By Liam Casey, The Canadian Press Posted Mar 2, 2026 01: 00: 08 PM. TORONTO " Construction on the roads to the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario should start this year and be completed by 2031, the province announced Monday about a project that has divided…...
Governments increase support for critical minerals at Toronto mining conference
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (833+ words) By Ian Bickis, The Canadian Press Posted Mar 2, 2026 12: 31: 53 PM. TORONTO " Critical mineral projects got increased support from government during a major mining conference on Monday as the rush to secure supplies accelerates. At the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada…...
Premier Houston travels to Ontario to explore critical mineral opportunities
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (547+ words) Posted Feb 28, 2026 11: 53: 19 AM. Premier Tim Houston is making his way to Toronto Sunday to attend Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada conference where his primary focus will be on exploring critical mineral opportunities for Nova Scotia. Canada has been ramping…...
Liberia's largest gold miner repeatedly spilled dangerous chemicals, records show
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (1524+ words) Posted Jan 30, 2026 02: 27: 36 AM. They blame the largest gold miner in Liberia, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation. When dead fish float to the surface, they said, they know to tell authorities. But for years there has been little response. "If we don't…...
PHOTO ESSAY: Liberia's largest gold miner and community tensions
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (339+ words) Posted Jan 30, 2026 02: 32: 31 AM. The journalists" investigation into the company found multiple spills of cyanide and other toxic chemicals by its largest mine into waterways, incidents documented by Liberia"s environmental regulators in reports that were removed from public view. But…...