HISTORICAL FACTS: 194 - Caught on Camera

Huge profits for fossil-fuel giants Woodside and Santos stoke calls for windfall tax

Senator David Pocock and Bob Carr among those urging Albanese government to claw back massive mining profits

The Guardian - AU · Aug 30, 2022

HC stays mining across Ravi river in Punjab’s Pathankot, Gurdaspur

BSF and Army say unchecked sand mining by heavy duty excavators can jeopardise security of border areas

The Hindu · Aug 29, 2022

Westward Gold Completes Turquoise Canyon Anniversary Payment

Vancouver, British Columbia – TheNewswire - August 24, 2022 – Westward Gold Inc. (CSE:WG), (OTC:WGLIF), (FSE:IM50) ("Westward" or the "Company") announces that it has completed its third anniversary payment to First Mining Gold Corp. ("First Mining") related to the option agreement (the "Agreement") entered into by Momentum Minerals Ltd., a…

Benzinga · Aug 29, 2022

Wages growth jumps for new hires, Seek figures on advertised wages show

Wages growth jumps for new hires, but research shows under-35s are bearing the brunt of a falling share of income going to workers.

ABC News · Aug 28, 2022

The Greywolf 'goldmine' that never paid off and the elusive man behind it all

Novice investors were convinced to place their hard-earned money in Greywolf, assured of life-changing riches. Instead, they became part of a trail of financial destruction.

ABC News · Aug 28, 2022

Chile warns area around sinkhole at high risk of further collapse

Chilean authorities warned that the area around a copper mine where a sinkhole suddenly appeared is at high risk of further collapse and has set up a security perimeter.

Reuters · Aug 28, 2022

Mexico's president revived dangerous form of coal mining

Hopes have faded of rescuing 10 men trapped by a flood in a Mexican coal mine this month

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2022

Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners use human rights law to occupy Bravus's Carmichael Coal Mine

After a series of failed legal challenges and their native title being extinguished, a group of Wangan and Jagalingou traditional owners are using a human rights act to occupy land at Bravus's Carmichael Coal mine in central Queensland.

ABC News · Aug 28, 2022

Locals in regional Queensland town Oakey are divided over plans to reopen New Acland thermal coal mine

The New Hope mining company pushed for 14 years to expand the New Acland mine near the Queensland town of Oakey. Now it's been approved, but some locals say they'll fight it "like a mongrel dog".

ABC News · Aug 27, 2022

Meet Britain's 10 highest paid fat cats who pocketed more than £100m last year

That means they are now getting 109 times more in their wage slips than the typical British worker - up from 79 times in the previous year

Daily Mirror · Aug 27, 2022