Who’s going to plug the yawning chasm in the green/Left government’s budget now? There are no “mining super-profits” to tax and the carbon tax is imploding before it even gets going. Continue reading
Category Archives: Mining
Uh-oh. Downturn in Aus: $100bn mining projects threatened
Posted in Cap & Tax, Development, Economics, Mining
Tagged anti development, carbon tax, government cash grab, hot air scam, really stupid idea
NZ: High Court appeal decision
The High Court has upheld an Environment Court decision on a resource consent application for a coal mine on the West Coast, saying that climate change can’t be considered under the Resource Management Act. Continue reading
Aus: Year old floodwater helping to making coal mines unprofitable
Last summer was a particularly wet one right across eastern Australia. And while dams and water storages on properties are full, the water also found its way into coal mines. Continue reading
EPA actions at mine could hurt $220 billion in investments
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) preemptive assessment of the Pebble Mine in Alaska could have a “chilling effect” on $220 billion in investments, according to the Brattle Group, an economic and financial consulting firm. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Eco-imperialism, Economics, Environmentalism, EPA, Green hell, Mining
Tagged greenie obstructionists, hatred of humans, misanthropy, rogue agency
Team of scientists gather to critique EPA’s mine study
A dozen experts in relevant fields are being paid to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s study of how a large mine would affect Bristol Bay’s prized salmon runs. Continue reading
Rare-earth mining in China comes at a heavy cost for local villages
“Pollution is poisoning the farms and villages of the region that processes the precious minerals“
This is the dirty side of clean energy, electric cars (not including the enormous quantities of lithium) and all those nifty green-certified Apple gadgets. Continue reading
Papua New Guinea’s seabed to be mined for gold and copper
Government approves world’s first commercial deep-sea mining project despite vehement objections over threat to marine life Continue reading
Posted in Development, Mining, Precautionary principle
Mine Succumbs To Obama’s War On Coal, Ohio
A stop not scheduled during the president’s third visit to the battleground state in four weeks was a coal-mining operation near Brilliant, Ohio, run by Ohio American Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Murray Energy Corp. The operation employed 239 workers at its peak but will be closing as the result of President Obama’s environmental policies. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Coal, EPA, Mining
Tagged anti coal, anti development, greenie obstructionists, insane greens, really stupid idea
The rare earth riches buried beneath Greenland’s vast ice sheet
Small group of 17 elements is in extraordinary demand, but potential wealth must be balanced against environmental responsibilities Continue reading
Li Yang: Rare earth regulation justified
This week news came that “the World Trade Organization has finally agreed to investigate claims by the US, EU and Japan that China is unfairly strangling rare earth exports in order to favor its domestic manufacturing industry”. Continue reading
Aus NSW: Key mines given free rein over aquifers
Farmers and graziers are having a hard time adjusting to the fact they are no longer a protected species. Especially difficult for them is that the minerals and natural gas are worth far more than the trivial return from the odd good years for agriculture (they’re in the heavily ENSO-influenced drought alleviated by occasional flood eastern zone). Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Coal, Development, Mining, Oil and gas
Tagged anti coal, anti development, natural gas
Japan and Vietnam join forces to exploit rare-earth elements
Short supplies of the metals used in high-tech applications prompt countries to establish joint research centre. Continue reading
Mongolia’s Coal Riches Causing Diplomatic Nightmare
Mongolia boasts huge deposits of coal, cooper, gold, uranium and many other rare minerals, and is opening up its vast resources to the world; this has however led to many diplomatic problems for the Asian nation. Continue reading
Posted in Coal, Development, Mining
Budget offers new tools to “authorize” water pollution, says Harper minister
Changes to Canada’s environmental protection laws in the federal budget implementation bill will offer new tools to “authorize” water pollution, while allowing the government to outsource services to protect the country’s waterways, says Fisheries and Oceans Minister Keith Ashfield. Continue reading
Bill would require federal mountaintop removal health study
New or expanded mountaintop removal permits would be blocked until the federal government concludes the mining technique is not contributing to increased risks of cancer, birth defects and other health problems among coalfield residents, under legislation proposed in Congress this week. Continue reading
Coal: The rising star of global energy production
Coal has had a good run in the past five years – sweeping up the energy equivalent of the Academy Awards for best foreign film in four of them. (Though shot principally in China, these epic productions mostly starred American or Australian actors.) Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Coal, Mining
Another major error from Australia’s government-in-waiting
It is long past time The Coalition learned to stop pandering to the Greens and the UN, both of whom actively work against the interests of Australia and people generally. Continue reading
Posted in Mining, Sovereignty, UN
Tagged greenie obstructionists, misanthropy, really stupid idea
The environmental nightmare you know nothing about: How rural America got fracked
Hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) does not use only a lot of water, but also a lot of sand. Continue reading
Posted in Development, Fracking, Mining
Tagged anti development, irrational fears, natural gas
