Clik here to view.
The Search For Alien Space Miners
Ray Villard writes on Discovery News: Rather than looking for aliens who use interstellar radio signals to say “hi,” an alternative search strategy is simply to spy on any mega-engineering projects...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Silicon Valley Start-Up To Mine The Moon
A new lunar gold rush? Via Phenomenonica: A Silicon Valley start-up, founded by an Indian-American entrepreneur, plans to mine the moon and is in the process of building robotic rovers that will search...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Scores of Amazon Indigenous Tribe Members Killed by Miners
Picture: Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom (CC) Via Common Dreams: As many as 80 Yanomami Indians have been killed in a “massacre” carried out by unauthorized gold miners from Brazil, leaving charred remains of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Guatemalan Lawsuit Against Canadian Mining Giant May Set Precedent
via CorpWatch A group of indigenous Mayan Q’eqchi’ have filed three civil lawsuits in Canada against HudBay Minerals Inc. of Toronto for alleged human rights atrocities committed by its subsidiaries –...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Psychic Mormon Dream Mine In The Mountains Of Utah
Via Utah.gov, the bizarre story behind the “Dream Mine” built by a nineteenth-century Mormon bishop-prophet famed for his dreams that predicted the future: The so-called Dream Mine is located east of...
View ArticleNavajo Nation Sacrificed for US Nuclear Obsession | Brainwash Update
Abby Martin talks about a $500 million settlement between the government and Navajo nation over destruction of tribal land due to uranium mining and how this amount will do nothing to alleviate the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Democracy in the Pits: Taking a Look at Mining in Canada
These articles were sent to me by fellow Disinfonaut, Earth Star, via the contact page. Democracy in the Pits: The Corrosive Effect of Canadian Mining Companies Worldwide In a recent article...
View ArticleClik here to view.
US coal mines record lowest death rate with 16; total of 24 die in non-coal...
Appalachian Voices (CC BY 2.0) Via Casper Star Tribune The nation’s coal mines set a record for the lowest number of on-the-job fatalities last year, with 16, the federal mining agency said Monday....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Indonesian Villagers Stand Up Against Illegal Miners
“Mount Merapi in 2014” by Crisco 1492 – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Bambang Muryanto writes at the Jakarta Post: Hundreds of residents from four villages on the slopes...
View ArticleInvestors Are Mining for Water, the Next Hot Commodity
A generation ago no one would have thought mining for water was going to be a hot investment theme. Now it is, reports the New York Times (air is next, one assumes): CADIZ, Calif. — Gazing out of a...
View ArticleThe 33 (Formerly) Trapped Chilean Miners Have A Contract to Stop Any...
Interesting way to deal with a horrible situation that these fellas found themselves into. Glad to see the rescue operation is going well, Godspeed. Fiona Govan writes in the Telegraph: The 33... The...
View Article
