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In this photo provided by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, its members search for a radioactive capsule believed to have fallen off a truck being transported on a freight route on the outskirts of Perth, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. (Department of Fire and Emergency Services via AP)

Missing radioactive capsule found along highway in western Australia

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services, its members search for a radioactive capsule believed to have fallen off a truck being transported on a freight route on the outskirts of Perth, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. A mining corporation on Sunday apologized for losing the highly radioactive capsule over a 1,400-kilometer (870-mile) stretch of Western Australia, as authorities combed parts of the road looking for the tiny but dangerous substance. (Department of Fire and Emergency Services via AP)

Radioactive capsule no bigger than a coin lost amid sands of western Australia

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Protesters rally outside the Rio Tinto office in Perth, Australia, on June 9, 2020. Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson said Wednesday, March 3, 2021 he was accountable for the mining giant destroying sacred Indigenous sites in Australia to access iron ore and he will not seek reelection as a board director next year. (Richard Wainwright/AAP Image/ via AP)

Rio Tinto chairman leaving over destruction of sacred sites

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - This June 15, 2015, file photo shows in the distance, part of the Resolution Copper Mining land-swap project in Superior, Ariz. A group of Apaches who have tried for years to reverse a land swap in Arizona that will make way for one of the largest and deepest copper mines in the U.S. sued the federal government Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Apache Stronghold argues in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona that the U.S. Forest Service cannot legally transfer land to international mining company Rio Tinto in exchange for eight parcels the company owns around Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Apaches object to Forest Service review of huge copper mine

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 22, 2015, file photo, Tribal councilman Wendsler Nosie, Sr. speaks with Apache activists in a rally to save Oak Flat, land near Superior, Ariz., sacred to Western Apache tribes, in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. A group of Apaches who have tried for years to reverse a land swap in Arizona that will make way for one of the largest and deepest copper mines in the U.S. sued the federal government Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021. Apache Stronghold argues in the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Arizona that the U.S. Forest Service cannot legally transfer land to international mining company Rio Tinto in exchange for eight parcels the company owns around Arizona. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Apache group sues over land swap for Arizona copper mine

By FELICIA FONSECA and ANITA SNOW - Associated Press

Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques attends an annual general meeting in Perth, May 9, 2019. Jacques will leave the Anglo-Australian mining giant by March, 2021, over the destruction of the sacred sites, the company said on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020. (Will Russell/AAP Image via AP)

Rio Tinto CEO to leave over destruction of Indigenous sites

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Protesters rally outside the Rio Tinto office in Perth, Australia, June 9, 2020. Rio Tinto chief executive Jean-Sebastien Jacques will lose around $3.5 million in bonuses due to the destruction in May of Australian indigenous sacred sites, the mining company said on Monday, Aug. 24, 2020. (Richard Wainwright/AAP Image via AP)

Rio Tinto CEO loses $3.5M over destroyed Indigenous sites

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Fans, coach Landon Donovan return to pitch for USL relaunch

By BERNIE WILSON - Associated Press

Rio Tinto to close New Zealand smelter and ax 1,000 jobs

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

A man walks past election stands of various parties including ruling Mongolian People's Party and independent candidates in the Songinokhairkhan district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, June 22, 2020. Mongolia holds parliamentary elections on Wednesday, continuing a nearly 30-year democratic system in a vast but lightly populated country sandwiched between authoritarian regimes in Russia and China and beset by economic problems. (AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)

Mongolians vote amid economic woes, anti-coronavirus success

By GANBAT NAMJILSANGARAV - Associated Press

Campaign workers and supporters of &quot;Right person-Electorate&quot; coalition led by National Labor Party parade with posters of their candidates and coalition symbols on the downtown street of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Monday, June 22, 2020. Mongolia holds parliamentary elections on Wednesday, continuing a nearly 30-year democratic system in a vast but lightly populated country sandwiched between authoritarian regimes in Russia and China and beset by economic problems. (AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)

Economic concerns high as Mongolia holds national elections

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Copper mine near Salt Lake City to remain open through 2032

Associated Press

Mongolians protest as economic ills grip country

By GANBAT NAMJILSANGARAV - Associated Press

In this April 27, 2019, photo, Andy and Stacie Proctor stand in front of their new home in Vineyard, Utah. For some millennials looking to buy their first home, the hunt feels like a race against the clock. The Proctors ultimately made a successful offer on a three-bedroom house for $438,000 in Vineyard. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Young homebuyers scramble as prices rise faster than incomes

By JOSH BOAK and LARRY FENN - Associated Press

Coal power plant closure expected to reduce pollution

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FILE - This April 14, 2011 file picture shows the Glencore headquarters in Baar, Switzerland. Commodities giant Glencore says it will cap how much coal it mines amid shareholder pressure to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. (AP Photo/Keystone, Urs Flueeler, file)

Commodities giant Glencore to cap coal output over climate

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Rio Tinto to give away Pebble Mine project shares

By BECKY BOHRER and MARK THIESSEN - Associated Press

Real Salt Lake set for biggest game in MLS history

By LYNN DeBRUIN - Associated Press