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...
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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,...
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,...
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...
A coal miner killed on the job in West Virginia is the 10th in US this year, surpassing 2023 total
GRAFTON, W.Va. -- A coal miner died Friday, nearly a week after being injured on the job in northern West...
An explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran kills at least 34 workers
TEHRAN, Iran -- An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17...
An explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran kills at least 34 workers
TEHRAN, Iran -- An explosion in a coal mine in eastern Iran killed at least 34 workers and injured 17...
The US and UN condemn the killing of an environmentalist in Honduras
MEXICO CITY -- The U.S. State Department and other global leaders on Tuesday denounced the slaying of another environmental leader...
Coal miner killed on the job in West Virginia. The death marks fourth in the state this year
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night, Gov. Jim Justice...
