Tag: Mining accidents
Belem, host of next year's climate talks, is Amazonian city plagued with pollution and violence
BELEM, Brazil -- For the last few years, climate scientists, environmentalists and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have been talking up...
South African government seeks experts' help to bring illegal miners to the surface
JOHANNESBURG -- The South African government said on Friday it has put together a team including mine rescue experts to come up with...
Brazil reaches a $23 billion settlement with mining firms over a 2015 environmental disaster
SAO PAULO -- SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's federal government on Friday reached a multibillion-dollar settlement with the mining companies responsible for a...
Miners are razing forests to meet surging demand for metals and minerals, report says
JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Whether it's digging for metals and minerals for cellphones and electric vehicles or coal for power generation, mining around the...
Brazil environmental disaster victims take case against mining giant BHP to UK court
LONDON -- Victims of Brazil’s worst environmental disaster were taking their case for compensation to a UK court on Monday, almost nine years...
Gunmen kill 20 miners in an attack in southwest Pakistan ahead of an Asian security summit
QUETTA, Pakistan -- Gunmen killed 20 miners and wounded another seven in Pakistan’s southwest, a police official said Friday, drawing condemnation from authorities...