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Two simple minerals is the whole reason that Joplin exists," How lead and zinc fueled Joplin"s boomtown days
10+ hour, 24+ min ago (271+ words) JOPLIN, Mo. " As we continue our special series honoring America's 250th birthday, a look at something in Joplin that is now 95-years old. Something that also highlights how Joplin became Joplin. Inside the Joplin History and Mineral Museum, countless stories. "All…...
1914 Ludlow Massacre took lives of 25 miners and family members during bitter strike for fair wages and conditions
1+ week, 3+ day ago (926+ words) On a spring morning in 1914, miners in Ludlow, Colorado, were celebrating Greek Easter when the Colorado National Guard and a private security agency opened fire on their camp with a machine-gun-equipped armored car called the Death Special. The Ludlow Massacre…...
USGS report finds hundreds of thousands of metric tons of lithium oxide in Maine, New Hampshire
41+ min ago (54+ words) A new U. S. Geological Survey report found about 900, 000 metric tons of lithium oxide in the Northern Appalachian region, concentrated in New Hampshire and Maine. A new U. S. Geological Survey report found about 900, 000 metric tons of lithium oxide in the Northern Appalachian region,…...
DR Congo to establish US-backed paramilitary guard for mines
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (309+ words) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) plans to set up a paramilitary unit to secure the country's large mining sites. The IGM described the plan to establish a "paramilitary special unit intended to secure the entire mineral exploitation chain…...
Confined Space Rescue Training for Safer Underground Mining
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (503+ words) Yahoo Regulatory obligations and entry procedures Mining operations in most countries are subject to specific legislation governing confined space entry and rescue capability. In the United States, the Mine Safety and Health Administration sets out detailed standards covering rescue team…...
Singing protesters rally against lifting of mining ban near Boundary Waters
2+ day, 22+ hour ago (44+ words) Yahoo Several dozen people gathered at St. Paul's Lake Como Sunday, hoping to have their voices heard as they protested the lifting of the mining ban near one of Minnesota's last true wilderness escapes....
US and EU sign memorandum of understanding on critical minerals
5+ day, 11+ hour ago (233+ words) The United States and the European Union plan to work together to secure a more independent supply of rare earths and other critical minerals. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and European Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic agreed on Friday in…...
Ontario approves 230k V Red Lake transmission expansion
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (375+ words) Ontario, under Energy and Mines Minister Stephen Lecce, has authorised Hydro One Networks to oversee the development and construction of the 230k V double-circuit Red Lake Transmission Line in north-western Ontario. The Red Lake Transmission Line will extend from the Dryden…...
5 workers from Canadian mining company found dead in Mexico
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (598+ words) Mexican authorities said Monday that five of the 10 missing workers from a mine operated by a Canadian company in the northwestern state of Sinaloa have been identified among 10 bodies found in clandestine graves last week in a nearby community. The…...
Sinaloa cartel faction linked to kidnapping of Canadian mining firm's workers: top official
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (454+ words) The Sinaloa cartel faction known as "Los Chapitos" may have been involved in kidnapping 10 employees of a Canadian mining company with operations in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, according to a senior Mexican security official. Security and Citizen Protection…...
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