mining

Environment

Spain's vast supplies of untapped rare minerals pit environmentalists against high-tech

Spain's untapped rare earths (the second biggest supply in Europe) are stoking tensions between mining companies and environmentalists over fears of the devastating impact of extracting minerals considered essential for a high-tech and low-carbon economy.

mining

Spanish miners strike honours accident victims

Spanish miners launched a 48-hour work stoppage on Tuesday as they recalled the horror of a methane gas leak that swiftly killed six coal workers in the troubled industry's deadliest accident in 18 years.

mining

Six miners killed by gas leak in northern Spain

A gas leak at a coal mine in northwestern Spain killed six people on Monday, an emergency services spokeswoman said.

gas

Spain links 'microquakes' with offshore gas plant

Spain's government came out on Thursday and said a wave of small earthquakes that have rattled the country's eastern coast could be caused by a large offshore gas storage plant.