Focus on Mining
The last women standing in a Serbian village swallowed by mine
A group of women are battling to have their village relocated away from a copper mine that they say has polluted their land...
Australia’s Rinehart takes stake in Lynas Rare Earths
As Australia's richest person takes stake in mining company, industry wonders if talks of a merger with MP Materials could be reignited.
Rio Tinto aims to keep Resolution’s copper in US, executive says
The Arizona mine would, if developed, over its life produce more than 40 billion pounds of copper and supply more than a quarter...
US set to reject access road to northern Alaska mining district
The U.S. Interior Department's recommendation to end the project in its current form could come in an environmental analysis due later this week
Coal miners getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease
Health problems have grown in recent years as miners dig through more layers of rock to gain access to coal seams when deposits...
Canada’s Barrick Gold reports lower gold, copper output for Q1
By Srivastava Vallari (Reuters) -Canadian miner Barrick Gold on Tuesday reported lower-than-expected preliminary gold production for the first quarter hurt by planned maintenance...
A silver mine revives neglected Bosnian town
VARES, Bosnia – After five years abroad, Anto Marcic has returned to his village near the town of Vares in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Piedmont Lithium gets mining permit for North Carolina project
The proposed mine, which can produce 30,000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide per year, could become one of North America's largest sources of...
Study finds mercury contamination in Brazil’s Yanomami people
RIO DE JANEIRO – Indigenous people from nine villages in Brazil’s Yanomami territory were found to be contaminated by mercury, with those living...
Lithium company Winsome Resources signs option deal to buy Renard mine
Australian lithium company Winsome Resources has signed a call option agreement that will allow it to buy the Renard diamond mine in northern...
