Osceola County mine would produce tons of table salt and potassium chloride - potash - a critical mineral used by farmers to fertilize their crops ...

A new report says the expansion of nickel mining in Indonesia is a threat to one of Earth's most biodiverse marine regions.

Human rights are not just words on paper. Advocates, social movements and government champions have brought much needed positive changes by pushing for the adoption of international human rights ...

Cecilia M. Bailliet, the UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity, highlighted Suriname's ...

Tinsukia Rights Council hails court's action on illegal mining. Judicial intervention seen as crucial for environmental ...

African infrastructure and investment. Trade is increasingly seen as the anchor to alleviating poverty through cross-border economic exchange, especially in the mining sector, during this era of the ...

With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for ...

Jan. 22, GNA – Justice for Mining Affected Communities (JMAC), a coalition of Civil Society Organizations, has condemned the killings of nine ...

Illegal coal mining persists in Assam, posing environmental and safety threats. Authorities urged to take stringent measures ...

But contrary to an accusation commonly bandied about in South Africa, illegal mining is not exclusively the domaine of foreigners. Thornton said there existed a “sort of independent gold ...

The minister directed the officers to take stringent action against those involved in illegal mining, which was more rampant in Nalagarh, Una, Nurpur and Paonta Sahib.

Since Monday, 246 zama zamas were rescued and 78 bodies recovered. That brings the total number of miners retrieved to 1,907 since August.