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The company behind a $2 billion mining project for table salt and the mineral potash…
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…
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Backing from the Pentagon, White House, and Capitol Hill, coupled with soaring metals prices, is fueling new growth for the sector. With the price of copper, gold, and silver hitting new all-time highs, the Pentagon looking North for secure supplies…
Brazilian public health researchers have found mounting evidence in the state hosting COP30 that mercury poisoning from illegal gold mining has caused widespread neurological problems and disabilities in Indigenous children.’ Deep in the Amazon, Indigenous women say they fear getting…
The Bahrain Golden License program, which could likely be an effective model for economic growth for this Middle Eastern nation, may have been played by a Russian composer who conducts himself as both a classical pianist and a metals industry…
Coeur Mining (NYSE: CDE) is acquiring Canada’s New Gold (TSX: NGD) in an all-stock deal valued at about $7 billion, creating a new North American mining heavyweight amid record gold prices and renewed investor enthusiasm for precious metals. Chicago-based Coeur, which operates…
Brazilian police backed by Interpol have destroyed hundreds of dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River, in one of the biggest coordinated crackdowns yet on criminal networks operating across the Amazon Basin. The international police agency said…
Pleading details toxic pollution violations from breaches in waste lake levees An environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit against a River Parishes alumina refinery that state regulators have repeatedly cited for allowing toxic pollution to escape into public drainage areas and…
Higher prices draw fresh attention from critics, curious about the absence of the precious metal in Canada’s financial reserves. With gold prices rocketing to record highs in recent weeks, Canada’s lack of significant gold reserves is drawing fresh attention and…
Resulting Anglo Teck group would be a globally significant producer of copper, zinc, and iron. In a landmark deal that reshapes the global mining landscape, Teck Resources Ltd. and Anglo American plc have agreed to a $53 billion merger-of-equals to…