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Quebec Firm Pioneers Cyanide-Free Gold Extraction and Arsenic-Capture to Clean up Mining Industry
A Quebec chemical firm has developed a cyanide-free, and generally non-toxic method to extract gold…
The Pebble Mine project has been in administrative limbo since Barack Obama held office. Under…
Over the next few months, Guinea’s environment ministry will review an environmental and social impact…
US First Nation holds up project in Canada
A proposed West High Yield Resources (TSXV: WHY) magnesium mine in British Columbia remains stuck…
MINING
Rethinking how we treat mining waste
ASU researchers develop ways to stabilize waste from mining activities and recover critical minerals across…
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‘We’ll never return’: What next for families evacuated from homes built on former mines?
A resident evacuated from his street following ground movement linked to historical mining work says he expects his family will never return to their home. More than 250 people from 97 homes in the village of Coalsnaugton, Clackmannanshire, were told to…
UAF wins $15M critical minerals grant
Critical Mineral Accelerator could receive up to $160M over 10 years to advance mineral discovery, processing technologies and workforce development in Alaska Alaska’s vast critical mineral endowment is serving as the foundation of a new federally backed innovation coalition aimed…
Residents of northern Minnesota lake community voice skepticism about mining manganese
Residents filled a gymnasium at the Emily City Hall Tuesday night to hear more about a potential underground mine in their community. The small city surrounded by lakes in northern Crow Wing County, northeast of Brainerd, sits on what’s been…
How two exploratory mining projects could shape the headwaters of iconic Montana rivers
West-central Montana’s Little Blackfoot Drainage produced some 300,000 ounces of gold during the 19th and 20th centuries, when the Treasure State was awash in prospectors and miners. Evidence of that earlier period persists today in the Conestoga wagon-sized holes that…
Rethinking how we treat mining waste
ASU researchers develop ways to stabilize waste from mining activities and recover critical minerals across Arizona Arizona State University researchers are testing ways to turn one of mining’s biggest environmental liabilities into a potential resource for American businesses and consumers.…
Sudan prime minister urges urgent action to curb gold mining environmental damage
Sudanese Prime Minister Kamil Idris called on Saturday for swift action to address the environmental damage caused by mining activities across the country. Idris emphasized that close coordination between the Ministry of Minerals and state governments is essential to modernize…
Trump administration wants to hold world’s first deep-sea mining lease sale
The Trump administration is moving closer to opening up U.S. waters for deep-sea mining—a contentious and largely untested industry focused on extracting mineral-rich deposits from the ocean floor containing cobalt, copper, nickel and manganese. Last week, the Department of Interior’s…
Panama Considers State-Owned Enterprise to Restart Cobre Panamá Copper Mine Operations
According to foreign media reports, Panama’s government is evaluating the creation of a state-owned enterprise (SOE) to pave the way for restarting First Quantum Minerals’ Cobre Panamá copper mine. Under the proposed public-private partnership, the Panamanian state would hold a…