Mr Adam Mutawakilu, says declaring a state of emergency in parts of the country affected by illegal mining will not provide a ...

In a recent study published in the journal Biogeosciences, scientists have confirmed that mercury pollution from artisanal ...

Environmental concerns are raised anew about potential contamination from Canadian open-pit mines flowing through the waterways into Montana’s lakes, harming fish. Elkview Operations, one of Teck ...

A few weeks ago, the Nigerian government issued a warning to illegal miners to vacate all mining sites in Zamfara State without delay. Officials reaffirmed that the ongoing suspension of mining ...

DULUTH — State regulators want any potential mining activity to be farther away from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness than currently allowed, leaving more restrictive regulations up to the ...

Bryan Acheampong, a flagbearer candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called for an immediate 90-day suspension of ...

Indonesia now supplies more than half of the world's nickel needs, most of it for the production of electric vehicle batteries.

B.C.’s largest coal mine operator has been penalized more than $3.6 million for delaying construction of three water ...

Proposals to open or expand metal mines invariably hinge on two assertions — mining will usher in local prosperity and the environmental impacts will be minimal and fully mitigated. The first ...

The department plans to dole out millions of dollars for research and development of faster, more efficient and modern mines ...

Northern civil networks have called on Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul to solve the longstanding Mekong basin pollution, ...