The tailing dam collapse at the Brumadinho mine has shocked the world, but can we really be sure that ‘never again’ truly means never again?
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Scientists are figuring out how to reduce the cost of space travel – to and from the Moon and possibly to Mars. One approach is to mine the Moon for resources necessary for interplanetary travel.
Rural and regional Australia is a big and diverse place, but some broad common issues do emerge as policy priorities.
Australia has a well-earned reputation as a mining nation. Now we’re moving towards mining ‘off world’, on the Moon.
A NSW court’s decision to rule out a coalmine on the basis of climate change could signal a turning of the tide in an arena where environmental litigants have previously struggled to gain traction.
Before democracy South Africa’s mining sector prioritised profits over the people and environment. Not much has changed.
The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also connected with human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental devastation.
The Grand Canyon, which marks 100 years as a national park on Feb. 26, 2019, is known today as an iconic natural wonder. But early European visitors weren’t impressed.
A high number of carnivores have been discovered at a huge industrial site in Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Nearly 1,800 Brazilian dams are at risk of failure, according to the government. Fixing them is expensive – but ignoring aging dams can have considerable social, economic and environmental costs.
Australia’s government can do more to ensure Australian mining companies do no harm in pursuit of Africa’s mineral wealth.
Distrusting large federal bureaucracies isn’t reserved for conservatives anymore.
An American coal company is suing the Canadian government over Alberta’s plan to combat climate change.
The industrial patterns of mining shaped many Australian towns, which found varied uses for disused mine sites. The mining boom ensures the challenges these sites present will be with us a long time.
Villagers from a community in South Africa’s Eastern Cape fought to be consulted and for the power to consent to mining their land.
In countries like South Africa which has a big and robust mining sector, tailings need to be managed with extra care.
A massive new discovery this summer of miles of corals in deep waters off South Carolina shows how much we have yet to learn about life on the ocean floor.
Indian mining firm Adani has announced scaled-down plans for its planned Queensland coal mine, which it will now fund itself. But there are still many questions hanging over the project.
Liquid minerals containing sulfur behave like a hot knife through butter – they’re so corrosive they can melt their way through solid rock.
Rural Westerners have been stereotyped as angry ranchers who hate government. But for every gun-wielding militia member, there are many others who work collaboratively to protect what they value.
Top contributors
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Professor and Director, Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, RMIT University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Technology and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney
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Assistant Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
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Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware (USA); Honorary Professor, The University of Queensland
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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York Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice in the Green Economy, York University, Canada
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (UTS:ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of the Environment, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Environmental Science, University of South Africa
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Adjunct Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University