New research from the University of St Andrews has found that metal production carbon footprints could be more than 10 times ...
South Africa's mining industry risks increased inequality through the adoption of fourth industrial revolution technologies ...
Study reveals low levels of common contaminants but high levels of other elements in waters associated with an abandoned lithium mine DURHAM, N.C. -- Lithium ore and mining waste from a historic ...
If tens of thousands of miners turned up in the middle of a protected rainforest to mine for sapphires, you might expect that to cause lots of deforestation and harm local wildlife. Mining has a very ...
The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction could drive more than half to extinction.
Though Nigeria is abundantly blessed with over 44 solid minerals, spread across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, with these enormous resources expected to drive sustained ...
This study examined potential health risks for people living near surface coal mine sites in Central Appalachia, including evaluation of relevant literature on air, water, soil, and ecological impacts ...
Leia em português. Supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Impact Seed Fund (ISF), this project was developed with Indigenous ...
Rising demand for the metals needed to power the global renewable energy transition potentially threatens more than a third of Africa’s great apes. Nearly 180,000 gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos ...