Tag: Mines and Mining
Ukraine’s Coal Miners Struggle While Russia Bombs From Above
DOBROPILLIA, Ukraine — When Aleksander Maryinych enters a metal cage and descends into darkness with dozens of other…
Red Flags for Forced Labor Found in China’s Car Battery Supply Chain
The photograph on the mining conglomerate’s social media account showed 70 ethnic Uyghur workers standing at attention under…
Capturing the Joyful Spirit of a Montana General Store
My husband probably thought I had found someone else. Why else would I keep detouring off Interstate 90…
Fight Looms Over New York’s Bid to Slow Crypto-Mining Boom
ALBANY, N.Y. — Across the nation, some states are trying to entice cryptocurrency mining companies to set up…
British Journalist and Brazilian Indigenous Expert Missing in the Amazon
Brazilian journalists and Indigenous activists criticized the authorities’ search efforts late Monday, in part because it appeared that…
An Intimate Look at Mexico’s Indigenous Seri People
A light wind laden with the scent of the sea softened the stifling heat: The temperature had reached…
From an Alabama Coal Mine Strike to an Amazon Warehouse
BROOKWOOD, Ala. — Braxton Wright is a second-generation coal miner, a die-hard union supporter and, until recently, a…
Biden Invokes Defense Production Act to Boost Critical Mineral Supply
The United States imported more than half its supply of at least 46 minerals in 2020, and all…
Desperate for Cash, Afghans Toil in Mines That Are Deadlier Than Ever
CHINARAK COAL MINE, Afghanistan — Choking on dust, Mir Abdul Hadi emerged from the narrow mine shaft with…
Will War Make Europe’s Switch to Clean Energy Even Harder?
At the Siemens Gamesa factory in Aalborg, Denmark, where the next generation of offshore wind turbines is being…
The Peculiar Charm of Coober Pedy, Australia’s Opal Capital
It could have been a Saturday night in any Australian town. Against the backdrop of a fiery sunset,…