mining

The view beneath the wing of a float plane as it flies over the wetlands, streams and lakes of Bristol Bay, Alaska.

Army Corps of Engineers Denies Permit To Controversial Alaska Gold Mine

5:20pm November 25, 2020

Fishermen and tribes have been fighting the mine proposal for a decade, fearing it would harm the wild sockeye salmon at the heart of the area's economy and culture.

Freelance miners dig for raw jade at a company site in Hpakant, Myanmar, in 2018.

How A Beloved Gemstone Became A Symbol Of Environmental Tragedy In Myanmar

12:22pm September 29, 2020

Decades of mining for jade has left the landscape desolate. Local activists want to make a change — but can they stand up to the powerful companies that dominate the industry?

Tourism Worries And Few Takers As More Utah Land Offered For Drilling, Mining

8:01am February 09, 2020

by Nate Hegyi

The Trump administration opened lands within the former bounds of two Obama-designated National Monuments for resource extraction, but with low demand and high costs, industry is staying away for now.

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Trucks churn up coal dust at the Tavan Tolgoi coal mine in the South Gobi desert. The Tavan Tolgoi deposit is estimated to possess 6.5 billion tons of coal, including high-grade coking coal — a product vital to the steel-making process.

Mongolia's Long Road To Mining Wealth

11:49am July 31, 2019

by Emily Kwong

Mongolia is undergoing a dramatic transformation from a pastoral society to one whose economy is based on mining, especially copper and coal. With the change has come opportunity — and loss.

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A home lies in ruins after a dam collapsed near Brumadinho, Brazil, on Friday.

World News

200 People Reportedly Missing After Brazilian Mining Company's Dam Collapses

5:47pm January 25, 2019

by Ian Stewart

A local mayor reportedly says there are fatalities. In 2015, 19 people were killed when another Brazilian dam partly administered by the same company collapsed.

Francescangeli says boys sometimes work long hours and are often tasked with pushing carts to move rocks out of the mines. "Being a child in these places is really hard," he says. "If they have some time to spend in a free way, they like to be children. B

Health & Safety

PHOTOS: Dust And Danger For Adults — And Kids — In Bolivia's Mines

7:00am November 17, 2018

by Jake Harper

When photographer Simone Francescangeli took pictures of the miners, he was struck by the dangerous environment — and the number of children he saw working in the mines.

Commodities giant Glencore says a subsidiary has received a subpoena from the U.S. Department of Justice.

Glencore Shares Dive After Subpoena From Justice Department

9:47am July 03, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

The Swiss mining and commodities trading giant disclosed that a unit received a subpoena from the Justice Department over questions about compliance with anti-corruption and money laundering laws.

Brazilian 76-year-old farmer Jose Pascual walks through a devastated area in Paracatu de Baixo village on October 2016, one year after a mine waste flood destroyed the town. The village was ruined in 2015 by a flood following the collapse of Brazilian min

U.N. Body Alarmed Over Mining Waste Disasters

7:00am December 02, 2017

by Jose Olivares

A report by the United Nations Environmental Programme offers recommendations to stop the failure of dams holding mine waste. Will governments and industry leaders sign on?

President Trump and his supporters claim that in exchange for millions of dollars in donations to the Clinton Foundation, Hillary Clinton supported the 2010 sale of a mining company that gave Russia control of U.S. uranium supplies.

The Alternative 'Russia Scandal'

6:09pm November 06, 2017

by Greg Myre

President Trump and his supporters are again claiming that Hillary Clinton helped Russia gain control of the U.S. uranium supply and endangered U.S. security. The facts don't support this.

President Donald Trump signs a bill repealing a rule passed last July that required oil, gas and mining companies to disclose payments to overseas governments. The rule was meant to promote transparency. Critics of the repeal argue it served as an importa

Repeal Of Anti-Corruption Rule May Hurt National Security, Critics Warn

4:38pm February 27, 2017

by Michele Kelemen

The repealed Securities and Exchange Commission rule required oil, gas and mining companies to disclose overseas payments. It was meant to promote transparency in countries riddled with corruption.

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