COAL will be dug from open countryside near Durham, after a planning inspector gave the go-ahead to the controversial scheme. Esh Winning-based Hargreaves Surface Mining’s plans to mine 514,000 tonnes of coal and 83,000 tonnes of fireclay from a 135-acre site known as Field House, between Pittington and West Rainton, were rejected by Durham County Council in June 2014.
It has been another catastrophic year for mining disasters around the world – demonstrating once again that mining industry promises are not to be trusted…
What the worst environmental disaster in Brazilian history tells us about the real cost of privatization
The death toll from a burst dam at a BHP Billiton and Vale iron ore mine in Brazil has climbed to 17 from 13, with two people still missing.
A group of Native Americans in Arizona is taking on two London-listed resources giants to try to save a sacred desert campground from being destroyed by a huge mining development.
