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A new mining agreement provides no benefits for Mexico and fails to address health and…
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The Malawi government has suspended the mining license of a coal company for dumping mining…
Congressional Republicans have sent President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban…
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The Brazilian Constitution bans illegal mining on Indigenous lands under any circumstances. But the high demand for minerals, especially gold, drove miners to invade Indigenous lands anyway. Since 2018, the area of gold mines in the Amazon has doubled (1,217% since 1985), while…
Canada has announced a 6.4 billion Canadian dollar ($4.6 billion) package of critical mineral projects to challenge China’s overwhelming dominance in the critical mineral supply chain. The announcement came on Friday at the close of the G7 Energy and Environment Ministers’ meeting…
A drill echoes through narrow tunnels deep within the mountain where miner Hugo Flores bores into rock in search of one of Earth’s most toxic elements. Buried in red stripes of minerals illuminated by his headlamp is mercury. Here in…
In the context of growing demand for metals and minerals, deep-sea mining has gathered attention for its promises of allowing access to mineral deposits of the seabed. Deep-sea mining is currently in the exploration phase, with its impacts yet to…
A new report from Dalhousie University shows flaws in the environmental review process for mining operations in Canada, with researchers finding that data for 20 per cent of the projects they reviewed was incomplete or missing entirely from public records.…
Move would set price floors, long-term sales to help Canadian companies compete with China Canada is officially designating certain critical minerals as a national security priority under the Defence Production Act, a move that would allow the federal government to…
Joe Pizarchik, who led the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement from 2009 to 2017, says Alabama’s move in the wake of a fatal 2024 home explosion increases risks to residents living atop “gassy” coal mines. Joe Pizarchik…
West Africa-focused Kodal Minerals (LON: KOD) says operations at its Bougouni lithium mine in southern Mali remain unaffected despite escalating security tensions near the capital, Bamako. The London-listed company said activities at Bougouni, located about 180 km from Bamako, continue as normal.…