Dragline mining is the same technique Alabama-based Twin Pines Minerals has planned to use to extract titanium sands from a 582-acre mine atop Trail Ridge, the line of ancient dunes along the ...

Late last week, state Rep. John Corbett introduced House Bill 1338, which would put a three-year moratorium on dragline mining, the type of mining done by Twin Pines.

A bill that would temporarily prevent Georgia environmental regulators from considering new permits for certain mining near the Okefenokee Swamp cleared the state House on Tuesday, but faces slim ...

"All dragline mining will occur at elevations above the highest water level of the swamp and approximately 3 miles from the nearest boundary of the refuge," he said.

His bill doesn’t name Twin Pines, but would pause any permits for “dragline mining for heavy mineral sands.” Corbett said only Twin Pines is pursuing that type of mining in Georgia.

CENTER -- A coal mining company in Center commissioned a $31 million dragline Monday and is about six weeks from putting the massive coal miner to use.