The Latest Breaking News from Mining

New analysis from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Independent has found that in May 2023 the bank helped raise funds for the mining giant despite climate promises

The head of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) on Wednesday criticized US President Donald Trump's order to fast-track deep-sea mining in the open ocean outside American territorial waters.

Ghana’s attorney general and minister of justice dropped charges against members of Democracy Hub, a civil society group, in February 2025, after four months of prosecution. The group had organised a protest in September 2024 against the widespread destruction and contamination of the country’s water bodies by persons and gangs…

With coins pricing at around $90,000 the math just doesn't add up.

The EU executive “deeply regrets” President Trump’s decision to promote deep-sea mining in international waters, joining a chorus of voices questioning the legality of Washington’s latest bid to secure supplies of lithium, rare earth metals and other critical raw materials.

Sustained higher gold prices support mining stocks, such as Agnico Eagle Mines and Freeport-McMoRan, which are expected to be the next part of gold's big move

The real world analog of "Common Side Effects" underscores the loss of biodiversity before we even know what's gone

On February 18, contamination in the Kafue river, Zambia, led to a mass death of fish. Its water turned a deathly grey and adjacent farmland was poisoned. The drinking water it supplied to half a million residents of the town of Kitwe was suddenly cut off.

In his latest move to secure supplies of critical raw materials, the US president has instructed federal officials to expedite the opening up of America’s continental shelf to mining companies, and in a potentially explosive move, wants to allow US firms to mine in international waters.