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Ghana’s Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, during a visit to the…
When two Oglala Lakota scouts heard drilling was expected to begin on Pe’ Sla, the…
Australia’s Yindjibarndi Indigenous group said on Wednesday it had lodged an appeal with the federal…
As the country places more priority on the mining industry in this financial year, Namayingo…
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Batteries with anodes made of lithium metal promise electric vehicles (EVs) that go twice as far between charges as cars powered by today’s batteries, which rely on graphite anodes. But lithium-metal anodes have been held back because, over the course…
A new approach reveals unexpected ways oxygen can bind to rare metals. Iron plays a central role in how the body uses oxygen. In hemoglobin, it binds dioxygen, a pair of oxygen atoms, allowing blood to carry oxygen to tissues.…
Analysts note that Asia is most vulnerable to volatility in base metals due to a lack of buffers. SCARCITY in industrial metals, particularly in Asia, due to supply bottlenecks caused by the war in the Middle East is stoking fears…
Zambia is expanding development of its rich deposits of critical minerals, which are needed for the global shift to renewables. But poisoning from past mining and a huge toxic spill at a mine site are raising fears that new wealth…
The community of Capirona faces an unprecedented water crisis due to illegal mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon. This situation represents one of the largest cases of water pollution in indigenous territories. Illegal gold extraction has turned vital rivers into toxic…
A federal court decision on March 31 could see land surrounding Chaco Canyon National Historic Park losing its public land protection, leaving more than 300,000 acres vulnerable to oil and gas drilling. Chaco Canyon is located in the San Juan…
However, the mining process also generates a byproduct called phosphogypsum. Florida currently holds an immense amount of this byproduct, with estimates of around one billion tons reported. Recent legislative efforts such as Florida’s HB 1191 in 2023, are exploring innovative disposal and reuse methods for phosphogypsum, including its potential application in road construction.…
Federal officials have selected a second Black Hills mining proposal for an expedited permitting process. The Bear Lodge Rare Earth Mining Project is on the Wyoming side of the Black Hills, and it’s expected to produce rare earth elements critical…