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Mines in the Strait of Hormuz: How dangerous are they?

Iran says it has placed mines in the Straight of Hormuz to discourage independent traffic. How dangerous are naval mines, and what can be done to clear them?On Friday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz ...

SPINDLE: Engineering A Safer Way Into The World's Most Dangerous Mines - Rohan Manchanda

Rohan Manchanda developed SPINDLE, an affordable hybrid mine-rescue robot equipped with sensors to assess hazardous ...
Forbes

Trump Admin Proposes Rolling Back Coal Mining Safety Protections

On June 12th, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement announced its intentions to roll back federal guidelines to investigate reports of potential ...
Crux

South African Bishop says deadly mine collapse exposes deep economic sins

Bishop Thulani Victor Mbuyisa CMM of Kokstad Diocese, file photo courtesy of the SACBC. Listen After a deadly accident in an off-limits mine in South Africa earlier this month, one leading Catholic ...
E&E

Billions needed to clean up dangerous mines blocked under Trump’s spending freeze

State officials are taking legal action and sounding the alarm amid a freeze on funds needed to remediate polluting and dangerous mines and underground fires. State regulators from New Mexico to ...
The Des Moines Register

Iowa pauses work restoring dangerous abandoned mines over federal funding uncertainty

A program to reclaim and restore land contaminated by abandoned mines in Iowa has halted work due to funding uncertainty from the federal government. The Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation program began ...
Naval Technology

Royal Navy inducts SWEEP system to remotely counter mines

The system utilises advanced technology to neutralise contemporary digital sea mines that are engineered to identify and target nearby vessels and submarines. Credit: The Royal Navy/Crown copyright.