The Latest Breaking News from Mining

Letter urges environment minister to investigate alleged breaches at Doongmabulla Springs

Spot prices for uranium are up 50% in the past year due to the growing supply/demand imbalance. By one estimate, demand could outstrip supply by more than 100 million pounds per year through the 2030s. That makes NexGen Energy's project, which will be the largest uranium mine in the world,…

Andalusia in southern Spain is attracting the attention of mining companies who want to extract metal ore. Near to Seville, the village of Aznalcollar is in the process of receiving the final permits to reopen a mine that was closed 26 years ago. In 1998, a wastewater reserve pool at…

Bitcoin mining has been under scrutiny by environmental advocates since the industry started growing, but rising above the criticism are mining companies that miners can be profitable and more environmentally responsible at the same time.

Mining magnate Clive Palmer has received approval to build Australia's biggest car museum near Brisbane just weeks after the project appeared to have stalled.

Officials say that two Polish coal miners remain unaccounted for and at least 17 have been injured after a powerful tremor shook the Rydultowy coal mine

Nickel operations across WA are being suspended by mining giant BHP due to an oversupply and plummeting prices for the mineral.

The chief executive of a Northern Territory land council has been referred to an anti-corruption watchdog for allegedly misusing mining royalties.

A 300-megawatt facility has altered the lives of several Granbury residents, who also complain about the noise it makes

Smallholder farmers in rural Gwanda, a region in Zimbabwe that borders South Africa, have been affected by a double shock – a combination of heat, droughts and floods caused by climate change, and water contamination and damaged land caused by illegal, small-scale mining.

Local miners in Central African Republic face eviction and violence as Russian group takes over gold and diamond mines.