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A new mining agreement provides no benefits for Mexico and fails to address health and…
A group of monks piled into Harry Browne’s one-room cabin earlier this year for morning…
The Malawi government has suspended the mining license of a coal company for dumping mining…
Senate Republicans send Trump resolution to lift mining ban near Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Congressional Republicans have sent President Donald Trump a resolution that would lift a federal ban…
MINING
Slag from metal processing may help capture and store CO2 emissions. A new Concordia-led study…
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Swiftly reemerging as a strategic mineral in the United States, antimony has begun to cast new light on Alaska’s past and potential role as a domestic source, particularly in the Fairbanks area, where stibnite emerged as part of the district’s…
Traditional trades essential for underground operations Mining companies across Northern Ontario are scrambling to fill thousands of skilled trades positions as they work to extract the critical minerals Canada desperately needs, according to Skills Ontario officials who spoke with Northern…
Following new environmental monitoring near a mining waste pile in Cottonwood, state agencies say contamination is not widespread and health risk for the community is minimal. But some residents still have concerns. For a century, a 50-foot mountain of mining…
Lithium Mining Market Expands in EV Batteries, Consumer Electronics, and Energy Storage Applications Driven by Demand from Albemarle, Ganfeng Lithium, SQM
The global lithium mining market is valued at USD 1.40 billion in 2025 and is projected to grow to USD 1.49 billion in 2026, reaching USD 2.78 billion by 2036, expanding at a CAGR of 6.45% over the forecast period.…
Copper resumed losses after a brief bounce in the previous session, as global inflation and growth concerns triggered by the Middle East war weighed on the metals complex. Fighting between the US-Israeli alliance and Iran raged unabated, even as President…
Canada loaning millions to proposed Nunavik rare earth mining project linked to Trump White House
Trump official disclosed millions of dollars of shares in Canadian mining company. Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $175 million to a mining project in northern Quebec whose major U.S. investor…
Underground mining safety: why accidents persist and what technologies help
From blind corners to GNSS-denied environments, underground mines operate with inherent limits on visibility and awareness. Technologies such as V2X and wearables are improving response times, but human oversight remains critical. Underground mining accidents are rarely random. They tend to…
Argentina’s mineral-rich glaciers on menu as Milei seeks to melt protections
Mining giants are watching hungrily as president targets the world-leading law keeping a tenth of planet’s ice masses safe Javier Milei was in a reflective mood earlier this month. “Why did the Creator give us the planet?” mused Argentina’s president…