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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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Regardless, local officials approved the project in 2024. Despite promises of bringing cash and clean energy to a long-struggling region in the California desert, a new lithium mining project is already under scrutiny for allegedly ignoring the severe impacts it could have…
As wildfire mitigation and prescribed burns are delayed amid the government shutdown, the U.S. Forest Service gave final approval to Hecla Mining Company for the Libby Exploration Project. The approval enables Hecla to begin surveys for silver and copper ore in an old mine…
The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference has issued a fresh and urgent appeal to the government, pressing for “decisive and transparent action” against the destructive scourge of illegal mining, locally known as, Galamsey. In a statement delivered after a high-level engagement…
China needs to have better technology and a bigger say in the international maritime order if it is to win the global deep-sea mining race for critical minerals, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Natural Resources. In an article…
For the first time ever the price of an ounce of gold went above $4,000 this week. The price has shot up by 50% since the start of the year. Bitcoin’s a cyberslacker by comparison. It’s only gone up 30%…
Ambler Mining District contains copper, cobalt, gallium needed to reduce China dependence. The Trump administration on Monday announced the approval of a mining project in Alaska and took a stake in a Canadian company that will potentially develop portions of…
The National Union of Mining, Metallurgical, Steel, and Related Workers of the Mexican Republic considered it urgent to publish secondary laws regulating exploration and environmental remediation in the mining industry, given the sector’s stagnation and the decline in investment in…
For decades, it’s been known that subtle chemical patterns exist in metal alloys, but researchers thought they were too minor to matter — or that they got erased during manufacturing. However, recent studies have shown that in laboratory settings, these…