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A company known as Planetary Resources, which is being backed by multiple billionaires including James Cameron, is hoping to find asteroids in space and mine them for materials which are running low on earth.
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A Canadian biotechnology company has expressed an aim to cultivate medical marijuana in a former copper mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The company has been growing other types of plants in the mine for more than a decade.
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Toronto -
Dozens gathered across the street from the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, where one of the world's largest mining conventions is being held, in protest of God's Lake Resources "desecrating sacred burials" on Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug homeland.
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Last year, a group of miners in Chile were trapped underground for 69 days before being rescued; they spent the first 17 alone feared dead, and fearing they would never see daylight again.
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Santiago -
A $7 billion dam project in Chile’s Patagonia that would dam two of the world’ last remaining wild rivers gained environmental approval from the Chilean government late Monday, despite protests and a growing wave of opposition.
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The government of Botswana has approved a diamond mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, ancestral lands of the Kalahari Bushmen.
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New York -
It may be quite some time before private corporations begin to mine the moon, but that hasn't stopped the international scientific community bringing up the legality of such a venture. Experts say, though, that it's legal.
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In Canada's Far North is an area called the The Ring of Fire where mining companies are eager to develop open-pit mining. That may seem like good economic news there are issues not only for the the environment but for the future of Ontario.
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Residents of one small New Brunswick community in Canada are facing problems with dry wells, sink holes and structural damage to homes – and many blame a local potash mine for their woes.
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After more than seven years of waiting for results, the family of a slain municipal mayor here has finally sought the help of the Supreme Court, the justice department, and the Catholic prelate of Manila for the speedy resolution of cases.
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Mining Headlines
 Nickel mining giant Vale says most of its mines in Sudbury will be back in production by the end of next week.
Why Chile is dunking its mined rocks into microbes
Details have been emerging of the plan by billionaire entrepreneurs to mine asteroids for their resources.
The plunder of Afghanistan's fabulous gemstone mines
 A man from Sudbury is in Chile testing a $3 million mining robot he helped design and build.
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