The pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness faces new threats from proposed copper-nickel sulfide mining projects in ...

A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is ...

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

A major pollutant from fossil fuels has been linked to an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to ...

Rising global gold prices have fueled a mining boom, and mercury pollution in remote waterways has increased. Mercury can damage the brain, kidneys, lungs and immune system and cause mood swings, ...

In a new report, marine activists are demanding restoration efforts from nickel miners and the Indonesian government for ...

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

Hecla Mining (NYSE:HL) could be forced to pay more than $30M in pollution cleanup costs to the state of Montana, after the Montana Department of Environmental Quality found the company and its ...

A Canadian mining company has been hit with a $114,750 fine after repeatedly dumping illegal amounts of cobalt-laced waste into a river system in British Columbia, Victoria News reported. Provincial ...

Vilonia rejects crypto mining to protect community health. Arkansas tightens crypto mining rules amid statewide backlash. Studies link crypto mining to pollution harming 1.9 million Americans. On ...

LIMA (Reuters) - Parents of sick children who live near one of Peru's oldest mining pits camped out in front of the health ministry in Lima for an eighth day on Thursday, demanding help to deal with ...