Without that law — which opened the West to mining with no federal royalties and little environmental oversight — there’s a reasonable chance the Rosemont proposal would have been scaled back or ...

For more than 100 years, a small cabin stood on a steep, tree-covered mountainside in Keystone Gulch. When the 12-by-18 foot structure was first built in the early 1900s, it housed miners who would ...

A recently released 12-minute documentary, sponsored by the Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter, chronicles the decline of one of the few oases in Tonto National Forest as Capstone Copper began pumping ...

New research looking at Amazon artisanal gold mining in Guyana has found that the destroyed Amazon forest at mining sites shows no sign of recovery three to four years after a mine pit and tailings ...

India's efforts to protect forests and hills amidst protests against mining and environmental threats in 2025.

ACCRA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at safeguarding water bodies and halting deforestation, the Ministry of ...

The National Board for Wildlife’s clearance for iron ore handling inside the Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary has reignited ...

As the Trump administration continues to reduce federal oversight, a Canadian mining company has finally submitted an ...

Indonesia has identified potential fines amounting to $8.5 billion that the government could collect in 2026 from palm oil ...

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a decree to allow projects including mining, power plants, transport and renewable energy deemed strategically important to ...

Ecuador’s national mining company, ENAMI EP, has been given exploration rights to 68% of Los Cedros Protected Forest. The process was riddled with irregularities, similar to what has happened with ...