Challenges Faced by the Diamond Mining Industry
March 24, 2008 | Mining Weekly
An article at Mining Weekly explores some of the challenges faced by... Philippines Landslide Kills 14
September 9, 2008 | Reuters
Heavy rains triggered a landslide that killed 14 people in a mining... Mt. Diwalwal (Philippines) Landslide Threat
April 2, 2008 | GMA News
The Philippines office of Mines and Geosciences recommends relocation of many residents... Philippines: World Geothermal Leader
October 6, 2008 | Houston Chronicle
Twenty-eight percent of the electricity generated in the Philippines comes from hot... Mountaintop Removal Controversy in Appalachia
December 28, 2007 | Earth Observatory
The mountaintop removal mining method stirs lots of controversy in the Appalachian... Mountaintop Removal Mining – A Report to Congress
January 26, 2010 | United States Government Accountability Office
"Surface coal mining in the mountainous areas of Appalachia—often called “mountaintop mining”—generates... Risks of Ultra Deep Mines
August 18, 2007 | Blue Ridge Now
The Crandall Canyon Mine is one of the deepest coal mines in... Many Factors Will Challenge the Recovery of the Chesapeake Bay
February 19, 2008 | USGS Newsroom
"The Chesapeake Bay is affected by multiple factors, ranging from population growth... EPA Delays Mountaintop Removal Mining Permits
October 1, 2009 | Reuters
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is holding 79 coal-mining permits that use... Landslide on Mindanao, Philippines
August 10, 2007 | Reuters UK
Landslides triggered by heavy rain buried a cluster of makeshift houses near... Mountaintop Mining Permit Suspension
January 12, 2010 | University of Maryland
A group of scientists is asking the EPA and U.S. Army Corps... Mining Leaves Nasty Legacy in Zambia
January 3, 2008 | GEOTIMES
This news note at the GEOTIMES website explains that the city of... Revising the 1872 Mining Law
February 1, 2009 | Arizona geology
Nick Joe Rahall, United States Representative from West Virginia reintroduced a bill... Mine Worker Shortage
October 3, 2008 | Timmins Press
The Ontario Mining Association syas that 93,000 mining jobs will open across... Michigan Mining Boom?
December 29, 2008 | AP Michigan News
A number of new mining projects and active mineral exploration in several... Newmont’s Indonesia Permitting Delays
April 26, 2008 | Denver Post
Newmont Mining may have to lay off up to 750 mine workers... July: 10,000 New Mining Jobs
August 3, 2008 | LA Times
Although over 50,000 jobs were lost last month in the United States,... Revamping the 1872 Mining Act
July 23, 2007 | Forbes
The 1872 Mining Act was passed to help develop the mineral wealth... Is Now the Time to Fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
March 6, 2008 | GEOTIMES
The United States Department of Energy allocated nearly $600 million to purchase... Seafloor Mining and Environmental Impact
November 23, 2009 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has a new article that provides a brief... | 
