Focus on Mining
Canada’s mild winter disrupts key ice road to remote Arctic diamond mines
TORONTO (Reuters) – An unusually warm winter in Canada this year has delayed the opening of a 400-kilometer (250-mile) ice road that is...
Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power
The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project.
In Canada’s Quebec, residents miffed over mining boom
Canada’s Quebec province is rich with minerals needed for everything from electric cars to cell phones, but residents living atop the potential windfall...
Aluminum company says preferred U.S. site for new smelter is a region of Kentucky hit hard by job losses
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An aluminum company has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would...
Taseko Mines signs deal to consolidate its ownership of the Gibraltar mine
VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines Ltd. has signed a deal to buy the 12.5 per cent interest in the Gibraltar mine it does not...
Rights court condemns Peru over one of world’s most polluted towns
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights said Friday that Peru had violated residents’ “right to live in a healthy environment” in an Andean...
Energy Department conditionally approves $2.26 billion loan for huge lithium mine in Nevada
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Energy Department has conditionally agreed to loan more than $2 billion to a company building a lithium...
Argentine court in key lithium region halts new permits over environmental concerns
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – An Argentine court in the northwestern province of Catamarca has suspended the issuance of new mining...
Bosnia’s lithium discovery raises hopes and fears
In northeast Bosnia’s rolling hills, the local community is torn between fears of environmental ruin and hopes of riches from huge deposits of...
