GOUVERNEUR, N.Y. (AP) — Graphite mines in the United States largely closed down seven decades ago. Mining the ubiquitous ...

The federal government is updating the region’s geological maps to expand the search for critical minerals and rare earth ...

The federal government said it would hold hearings next month on controversial applications to mine the ocean floor.

Historically, lithium has been produced using two approaches: hard rock mining of spodumene deposits, as seen at the ...

Space mining tech and robotic prospecting are unlocking extraterrestrial resources, reshaping future energy, manufacturing, ...

A study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity in September describes the extensive environmental toll of mining for ...

Since U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration in January, we have witnessed an upsurge of interest and intrigue surrounding the critical minerals necessary for the renewable energy transition and ...

According to an official notification issued by the Home Department, gold mining and extraction activities along the banks of ...

COLOMBO — “Cries in silence, her veins robbed by greedy hands, each grain of stolen sand buries a future beneath the lands” — these lines from the song Karunilam (‘black sand’ in Tamil), composed by ...