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The article reports that Western auto executives are committing billions of dollars on deals with lithium mining companies, eager to avoid falling further behind automotive company Tesla and Chinese car companies. Topics discussed include importance of lithium for U.S. and European carmakers, remarks from Sham Kunjur, who oversees General Motors' program to secure battery materials, and reason Chinese companies often have an edge over U.S. and European car companies.

The article deals with the lawsuits filed against nonprofit Mined Minds by former students in West Virginia for its failure to fulfill its promise of well-paying computer coding jobs. Topics covered include the challenges faced by Mined Minds, including the opioid epidemic and the poverty culture, according to co-founder Amanda Laucher, and the plight of former students like Stephanie Frame.

The article discusses the impact that China's economic slowdown is having on its mining interests in places such as Australia, and it mentions Chinese investments in Australia's real estate market as of 2016, as well as the claim that many Chinese families are supporting the Australian economy by sending their children to study at universities in Australia. Purchases of apartments and office buildings in Australia are examined, along with iron ore exports from Port Hedland, Western Australia.

Reports on the financial performance of Australian mining company Rio Tinto in 2004.

Reports that the Australian mining company WMC Resources Ltd. advised shareholders to reject an improved takeover bid by Swiss mining company Xstrata.

Reports that BHP Billiton PLC, the world's largest mining company, produced record amounts of iron ore and coal for steel making in the last three months of 2004 as global demand for commodities surged to its highest in decades.

Cites preliminary figures from the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration which showed that the number of miners killed on the job in the country was poised to reach a record low of 51 in 2004.

Warns that if China is paying too much to develop other countries' oil and mineral resources, the world economy could feel the effects. Sign of China's weakness and national insecurity; Bid of China's state-owned Minmetals Corp. to purchase Canada's Noranda; Imbalances of the Chinese economy.

Reports that shareholders of the South African mining company Gold Fields rejected a bid to merge with Iamgold of Toronto, Ontario. Development that shifted investors' focus back to Harmony Gold Mining's hostile bid for Gold Fields; Plan of Harmony to reinvigorate its plant to purchase Gold Field in an all-stock transaction; Comments of Gold Fields executive Cheryl A. Martin.

Reports on the announcement by jewelry retailer Tiffany & Co. that it had sold a 13.9 percent stake in the Aber Diamond Corp., a Canadian mining company, for $268 million.

Reports that South Africa-based mine company Gold Fields Ltd. has urged shareholders to reject a takeover bid from its rival gold producer Harmony Gold Mining Co.

Reports that aluminum maker, Alcoa, said that it would restart an idled smelter in Wenatchee, Washington after workers there approved a labor agreement that would require them to pay health-care premiums.

Reports on the plans of the Australia-based mining company, BHP Billiton to repurchase stocks held by investors in the region. Financial performance and business operations; Profits and earnings distributed to shareholders.

Reports that Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp., a silver producer, has announced that proxy adviser Institutional Shareholder Services had recommended that the company's shareholders vote to buy Wheaton River Minerals.

Reports on oil prices as of September 7, 2004. Fall in oil prices; Fast growth of oil supplies; Statements of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) president Purmono Yusgiantoro on oil price trends and factors affecting oil prices.

Reports that the Australian mining company BHP Billiton Ltd. was in discussions with the South Korean steel maker Posco to build what would be India's biggest steel mill.

Reports on the rise of Australian mining company, BHP Billiton's profits. Factors that contributed to the rise in the company's profits; Benefits to the company of the increased minerals demand from China; Commodities produced by BHP; Dividends per share that will be paid by the firm.

Reports on the decision of Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. to renew its hostile bid for Vancouver, British Columbia-based Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.

Presents information on international gold trading recent as of August 13, 2004.

Reports that a federal bankruptcy judge has ruled that coal company Horizon Natural Resources Co. did not have to honor its union contracts, a decision that will eliminate medical coverage for thousands of coal miners, including some sick with black lung disease.

Reports on the opposition of New York's Hudson Valley residents against Eddyville Corp.'s proposal to built a limestone mine and a rock-crushing plant in the area. Permits needed by the company to operate a mine on the mountain zoned for residential use; Potential environmental effects of the mine.

Reports that Australian mining company BHP Billiton said it produced record amounts of iron ore, aluminum and nickel in the most recent quarter in 2004, highlighting strong demand from China.

Reports that the Cleveland, Ohio-based mining, mineral and shipping company Oglebay Norton Co. has won court approval to seek creditors' support for its plan to come out of bankruptcy protection.

Reports that a West Virginia federal district judge has struck down an Army Corps of Engineers procedure that gives a blanket pre-clearance to Appalachian mining operations that dynamite away mountaintops and dump some of the refuse into streams. Nationwide permit improperly bypasses the requirement to determine the impact of mining on streams before the permit is granted.

Reports on Iamgold Corp. shareholders' rejection of a proposed acquisition of Wheaton River Minerals Ltd.

Reports that South African gold mining firm, AngloGold Ashanti has agreed to purchase a stake in Trans-Siberian Gold of Russia.

Reports that Ceradyne Inc. has agreed to purchase ESK Ceramics.

Presents the prevailing gold prices in the United States as of June 29, 2004.

Reports on Coeur d'Alene Mines' decision to raise its bid for Wheaton River Minerals, the gold and copper producer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Reports on Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.'s dismissal of several workers who conducted a strike at the south section of its mian mine in South Africa.

The article discusses the role that research on microbes in Beatrix mine tunnel water in South Africa plays in the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) efforts to discover life on planet Mars, including in regard to the U.S. Viking space program. The impact that methane has on developing carbon molecules, which are associated with the creation of life, is discussed. An overview of geoscience professor Tullis C. Onstott's research on the Beatrix mine is provided.

The article reports on the catastrophes brought by typhoon Mangkhut on September 15, 2018 in Itogon, a mining town in the Cordillera Mountains, Philippines which kills several miners due to landslide.

The article discusses the impacts that various labor protests and strikes are having on China's political leaders as of 2016, and it mentions picketing against pay cuts involving Chinese steel plant workers and welders, as well as information about the social aspects of China's economic slowdown. According to the article, several Chinese factories, mines, and other business enterprises are withholding wages and benefits and laying off workers due to the country's economic conditions.

The article offers the author's insights on the state of economy in Africa. Topics discussed include the decline in projections of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the continent, South Africa is suffering from a decline in mining, as well as in manufacturing and agriculture, and East African countries are forced to diversify their economies as part of their shortage of commodities.

The article discusses the difficult economic conditions for energy and mining producers as of December 2015 due in part to falling commodity prices and declining demand for commodities in China.

The article reports on the plan halted by Brazil's federal judge, Rolando Valcir Spanholo, from the Brazil's President Michel Temer to allow mining in a large area of the Amazon forest.

The article offers information regarding the approval of the government of Snizhne, a rebellious region on Ukraine, to allow private coal mining in the state. It mentions that the legalization of backyard coal mining alarmed the mining officials in the country who view the activity as a dangerous practice. According to Boris Litvinov, Donetsk People's Republic member of the Parliament, coal mining legalization highlights concerns on the safety of miners by the Ukraine government.

The article discusses the living and working conditions for jade miners in Myanmar (Burma), highlighting poverty and drug addiction amongst Jade miners in the country. Topics addressed include the impact of increased demand for jade from China, as well as high numbers of heroin use and H.I.V. infection amongst Kachin jade miners.

The article discusses Chinese mining companies' efforts to mine for iron ore in Malaysia, focusing on the activities of Chinese mining company CAA Resources in Malaysia. Topics addressed include demand for iron ore and steel in China and declines in iron ore prices, as well as CAA's use of the Bukit Besi mine in Malaysia.

The article discusses the arrest and jailing of financial researcher Kun Huang by Chinese authorities based on Huang's research into alleged fraud by the Silvercorp Metals mining company. Topics addressed include Huang's research on fraud amongst Chinese companies for hedge fund manager Jon Carnes' Eos hedge fund, as well as increased severity of Huang's punishment based on his interactions with the press.

The article discusses the financial contributions of American environmentalist Tom Steyer to the 2014 construction of Maules Creek, a mine in New South Wales, Australia that is expected to generate substantial levels of carbon pollution for decades. Information is provided on Farallon Capital Management, Steyer's fund that has financed companies operating coal mines and coal-fired plants

The article presents online recap from the website nytimes.com as of April 18, 2017 including on the possibility of a nuclear holocaust, one on a review of the television (TV) show "Girls," and one on jobs in American mining and manufacturing sectors.

The article focuses on a huge diamond found by a team of miners headed by Reverend Emmanuel Momoh at the diamond fields of Sierra Leone in 2017. Topics include a description of the size and value of the diamond, the debate raised by Momoh's decision to hand the diamond over to the Sierra Leone government to handle the sale, the reactions of people on the social media about the discovery, and a brief background on other gem discoveries in the country that generate controversies.

An editorial is presented which criticizes the efforts of U.S. President Donald J. Trump's administration and Republican leaders to reduce annual inspection requirements to mine industry, which he considered to risk the lives of miners.

The article reports on a conflict among members of the U.S. Senate over a bill related to funding miners, as of December 2016, and mentions that Democrats in the Senate led by Joe Manchin and Sherrod Brown have objected to the bill.

The article offers information on Gina Rinehart, an Australian mining businesswoman, who has made an agreement with Chinese partners for mining firm S. Kidman & Company, as of October 2016, and mentions China's investment in Asutralia's resources.

The article reports on the illegal mining in Lower Silesia, Poland despite the closure of industrial mines in the region in 1990s. It says that the unemployed miners continue to mine for black coal and that illegal mining is what younger men in the region know. It adds that activists estimates that roughly 3,000 men are involved in illegal mining in the region. It also features coal miner Roman Janiszek, who returned to mining after being deported back to Poland without money.

The article focuses on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) administrator Gina McCarthy who faces 20 coal miners, union workers and local politicians who are suspicious on the EPA's climate change regulations. It states that the EPA will set limits on carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants across the country. It notes the remarks of some concerned individuals claiming that the regulation could also shut down large numbers of plants and imperil mining jobs.