Events Database

149 historical macro events · 2010–today

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DateEvent
Feb 7, 11Tar sands are a blot on Canadian politics – as well as the landscape
Feb 6, 11Greenland's race for minerals threatens culture on the edge of existence
Feb 4, 11Mining is hotter than oil
Feb 3, 11Cyclone Yasi's arrival in Queensland propels sugar prices to record high
Jan 17, 11Warning over UK shale gas projects
Jan 13, 11US environmental agency revokes mine's permit for mountaintop removal
Jan 13, 11J Henry Fair: Abstraction of Destruction - in pictures
Jan 11, 11Mongolia's wilderness threatened by mining boom
Jan 7, 11Dirty Business film debunks 'clean coal' myth
Jan 4, 11Canada's First Nations face up to industry
Dec 26, 10Rare earth metals mine is key to US control over hi-tech future
Dec 22, 10WikiLeaks cables: US pushed for reopening of Bangladesh coal mine
Nov 22, 10Fighting the battle of Blair Mountain
Nov 22, 10The salt miners of Lake Katwe in Uganda
Nov 15, 10Mining threatens Afghanistan's Buddhist treasures
Oct 26, 10India examines cost of mining more closely
Oct 21, 10Papua New Guinea gives green light to deep-sea mineral mine
Oct 16, 10More toxic threats to eastern Europe
Oct 14, 10Eyewitness: San José, Chile
Oct 13, 10Pennsylvania Republican offers big tax break to oil and gas industry
Oct 12, 10Danube in danger: toxic timebombs from Soviet years put region at risk
Oct 7, 10Appalachia rises as mining razes mountains
Oct 5, 10Hungary toxic sludge spill an 'ecological catastrophe' says government
Oct 5, 10Poisonous red sludge floods Hungarian towns
Sep 27, 10Trapped Chilean miners: rescue efforts boosted by capsule arrival
Sep 7, 10Australian Greens: 'We don't want to be just a coal mine for China'
Sep 6, 10Vedanta investors look into human rights issues in India
Aug 31, 10The spoils of Peru's mines
Aug 29, 10Big business: There is profit to be made in decency
Aug 24, 10Police arrest 12 Climate Camp protesters
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