The debate over deep-sea mining exposes a contradiction between the country’s proud culture of environmental stewardship and ...

Researchers suggest that recycling gold could dramatically reduce harmful emissions, along with other solutions such as ...

Magna Petra have announced a partnership to extract helium-3 from the moon’s regolith with a focus on sustainability.

The International Labour Organization estimates more than 1 million children work in mines and quarries worldwide, a problem ...

Rio Tinto has reinforced its conviction lithium prices will rebound, pledging US$2.5bn to build the 60,000tpa Rincon project ...

Diversified mining company Rio Tinto has approved a $2.5-billion investment to expand the Rincon project, in Argentina – the company's first commercial scale lithium operation – demonstrating its ...

Juliet Samaniya, a 6-year-old, works in dangerous conditions mining lithium in Nigeria. With child labor prevalent, the demand for lithium contributes to unsafe and illegal mining practices. Despite ...

The Arctic has seen an increase in human activity, particularly in oil and gas extraction areas, leading to a significant ...

On November 26, the Mexican House of Representatives passed an amendment proposed by President Claudia Sheinbaum amending the Governmental Fees ...

As the demand for lithium-ion batteries escalates with the proliferation of mobile phone, electric vehicles and even pacemakers, key components in these powerhouses, like cobalt, face significant ...

CJK Milling will instead use a different process to separate the gold from 1.2 million tons of tailings left over from ...

This story was first published by Grist . At a laboratory in Newark, New Jersey, a gray liquid swirls vigorously inside a ...