Tag: Mineral

Mineral Point-area waste coal pile to be removed

Apr. 13—MINERAL POINT, Pa. — The removal of a mammoth mound of waste coal left behind by Bethlehem Mines Corp. in the Mineral Point area will start this summer. Logging is winding down to clear the way for the removal of 2.5 million tons of “boney” bituminous waste coal from an East Taylor Township hillside, […]

Mineral extraction threatens great apes across Africa

More than a third of the great ape population in Africa is endangered by mining, according to a new study. The threat to these 180,000 chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas has so far been underestimated, wrote scientists from the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) in the journal Science Advances. The increasing demand for important […]