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January 12, 2026

Mining

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Proposed Minnesota nickel mine begins environmental review, would supply Tesla if approved

June 30, 2023 Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — Talon Metals Corp. filed papers with Minnesota regulators Wednesday to launch the environmental review process for its proposed underground nickel mine near the northern town of Tamarack, which would supply nickel to Tesla […]

Business

Rio Tinto CEO to leave over destruction of Indigenous sites

September 12, 2020 Rod McGuirk, Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia — Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques will leave the Anglo-Australian mining giant by March over the destruction of Australian Indigenous sacred sites to access iron ore, the company said on Friday. “Significant […]

News

Rio Tinto CEO loses $3.5M over destroyed indigenous sites

August 24, 2020 Rod McGuirk, Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia — Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques will lose around $3.5 million in bonuses due to the destruction of Australian indigenous sacred sites to access iron ore, the mining company said on Monday. […]

Business

Who’s greener? Mine fight pits electric cars against flower

March 7, 2020 Scott Sonner, Associated Press

RENO, Nev. — The rare Tiehm’s buckwheat stands less than a foot tall in Nevada’s rocky high desert, its thin, leafless stems adorned with tiny yellow flowers in spring. To the Australian company that wants […]

News

Alamance County mine project draws pushback from environmentalists

January 15, 2020 North State Journal Staff

SNOW CAMP — A small community in southern Alamance County has seen a protracted battle over a proposed crushed-stone mine, with property rights and business interests clashing with environmentalist groups over what the new site […]

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