Chile will need to add nearly 37,000 skilled workers over the next decade to support a planned $104.549 billion mining ...

(NewsNation) — After President Donald Trump loosened regulations for mining the ocean floor, companies are preparing to take part in what could be a deep-sea minerals boom. NewsNation went behind the ...

Gold and mineral mining in and near rivers across the tropics is degrading waterways in 49 countries, according to a Dartmouth-led study. Published in Nature, the findings represent the first physical ...

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This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. One by one, leaders from across Arizona gave speeches touting the ...

The rapid expansion in global data centres could be the single largest economic lift since the railroad construction boom of ...

KABAENA, Indonesia (AP) — The crystal blue waters that once surrounded Kabaena are murky brown now, and the octopi and colorful fish that locals used to catch nearby to eat and sell have fled. The ...

A new study reveals that 59,000 kilometers, or nearly 37,000 miles, of tropical rivers have been damaged by mining, based on 7 million measurements taken from satellite images spanning four decades.

Gold and mineral mining in and near rivers across the tropics is degrading waterways in 49 countries, according to a Dartmouth-led study. Published in Nature, the findings represent the first physical ...