Mali will create a state-owned company to manage holdings in mining companies, according to a statement released by the council of ministers. Other resource-producing countries in West Africa such as Niger and Guinea have been managing their assets through similar…

As nations posture over access to rare earth deposits, scientists say these coveted materials are hiding in plain sight – and can be harvested without any conventional mining at all. In a lab in Austria, two scientists are watching a…

Bodies of 3 men who worked for Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver Corp. have been identified Jaime Castañeda said he identified the body of his 43-year-old geologist brother on Sunday by viewing photographs presented to him by officials at the federal attorney…

Environmentalists are sounding the alarm on the potential harm of a precious metals mine that could be built on the doorstep of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Meanwhile, those who support the project say it will bring hundreds of…

More than 220 people were killed in two successive landslides on Jan. 28 and 29 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The victims were artisanal miners known as “diggers.” The accident occurred at the Luwowo mining site in Gasasa, within the…

In the global race to secure hard-to-find minerals that help power everything from smartphones to wind turbines, California’s Mojave desert is emerging as an unlikely front line. The Colosseum mine, an abandoned gold pit, is now seen as a potential…

More than 20 financial institutions worldwide have publicly vowed not to finance deep-sea mining — an activity scientists say could cause irreversible harm to ocean ecosystems. However, a DW investigation has found that some have invested at least $684 million (€581 million) in…

Greenland’s harsh environment, lack of key infrastructure and difficult geology have so far prevented anyone from building a mine to extract the sought-after rare earth elements that many high-tech products require. Even if President Donald Trump prevails in his effort to take…