South Africa’s manganese-rich Kalahari basin has become the center of a rapidly expanding mining boom driven by global demand for materials critical to the energy transition, even as local communities report environmental
Illegal gold mining has exploded along Costa Rica’s northern border, spreading over more than 3,000 hectares and overwhelming local authorities, according to reports highlighted by El Pais. The region, which began as
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A relatively small investment by one of the world’s most prominent mining families has turned into a billion-dollar windfall as the global surge in gold prices fuels dramatic gains in mining companies.
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United Nations experts have called on governments to ensure that any emerging regulations on deep seabed activities, including potential mining codes, are firmly anchored in international law and guided by the precautionary
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India and Brazil took a significant step to strengthen bilateral trade on Saturday, signing a pact aimed at expanding cooperation in mining and minerals. The agreement, inked during Brazilian President Luiz Inacio
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U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to launch a strategic stockpile of critical minerals backed by $12 billion in financing, marking a major escalation in Washington’s effort to reduce reliance on China
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Japan has retrieved sediment containing rare earth elements from a depth of 6,000 meters in the Pacific Ocean, the government said Monday, in what it described as a world-first attempt to tap
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Simandou, Africa’s largest mining and related infrastructure project, has reached a critical stage as construction and commissioning accelerate across its mines, railway, and port systems in Guinea. The vast development, which integrates
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Rio Tinto has confirmed it is in early-stage talks to acquire Glencore, a move that could create the world’s largest mining company with a combined market value approaching $207 billion, the companies
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Despite headlines touting Greenland as a frontier for rare minerals and strategic resources, experts warn that the realities of Arctic mining are far more brutal than often acknowledged. From extreme cold to
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Guinea’s long-awaited Simandou iron ore project, championed by the country’s military rulers as a cornerstone of economic renewal, is laying off thousands of workers even as it starts exporting ore for the
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