South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have ...

Yes, dynamiting. To continue operations in areas depleted by alluvial mining (i.e. extracting gravel, crushed stone, sand and ...

A company is being sued by the state of Ohio and the Ohio Department of Transportation regarding the site of underground ...

Prominent Indonesian environmental forensic expert Bambang Hero Saharjo faces yet another potential lawsuit for serving as a ...

Miners once lived and worked in Humberstone saltpeter works. Now it's a ghost town and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photos ...

A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km² ...

The only thing more dangerous than flying too close to the sun is dancing near a swimming pool on a winter night, and that's ...

Donald Trump’s plan to purchase Greenland is just one symptom of the world’s lust for polar minerals. But who wants to work ...

Mining can be done individually (solo mining) or collaboratively in groups (mining pools). Solo miners solve blocks independently, receiving the entire reward. In contrast, mining pools combine ...

The Donlin mine's massive industrial operation will destroy thousands of acres of wetlands and streams and cause permanently elevated levels of dangerous ... tons of mining waste full of toxic ...

People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change, according to a group of scientists who also said that climate ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People across the globe experienced an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human ...