A proposal to repeal a ban on mining in northeastern Minnesota’s Superior National Forest is headed to the U.S. Senate following approval in the House.

The pristine white snowpack blanketing the Rocky Mountains may look pure, but a new study reveals it carries an invisible ...

The resolution, which would allow mining of copper, nickel and other metals in the Superior National Forest south of the ...

Every day many millions of gallons of water loaded with arsenic, lead and other toxic metals flow from some of the most contaminated mining sites in the U.S. and into surrounding lakes and streams ...

Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife also ...

A few weeks ago, the Nigerian government issued a warning to illegal miners to vacate all mining sites in Zamfara State without delay. Officials reaffirmed that the ongoing suspension of mining ...

Canada's mining industry is under fire after an international tribunal found it committed environmental and human rights violations around the globe. Earlier this year, the International Rights of ...

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 ...

MINE water pollution is causing concern as 'sludge' is flowing into Whitehaven harbour, according to the campaign group, ...

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 ...