The Latest Breaking News from Mining

Norway has suspended plans to start giving licences for deep-sea mining next year that had faced opposition from environment groups and international institutions, a party allied with the centre-left government said on Sunday.

Fred Thiel, CEO of Marathon Holdings (NASDAQ:MARA), expressed gratitude for the company’s achievements this Thanksgiving, highlighting a record market cap and mining success.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Senzo Mchunu says they don’t know how many people remain trapped in Stilfontein mine.

El Salvador and Bhutan are making headlines in recent months as their Bitcoin strategies have paid off significantly with $BTC's price surge since the 2024 U.S. elections – what brought these two small countries to the spotlight?

In industries where liquids or waste materials are stored in open pits or reservoirs, pit liners are an indispensable solution. Designed to provide a protective barrier, these liners prevent leaks, contamination, and environmental damage. Whether used in mining, agriculture, or wastewater treatment, pit liners ensure that stored materials are safely…

Earlier this week, the mining magnate Andrew Forrest made headlines calling for a global “polymer premium” – or plastic tax – to be placed on every tonne of newly manufactured plastics. A tax like this could form part of the Global Plastic Treaty being hammered out right now in Busan,…

In Pará state children are being born with neurological disorders. Experts note similarities to the mercury poisoning disaster in Minamata, Japan – but say that is not the whole story

At 250 metres underground, the dust is thick and oxygen is in short supply at the Mramor mine in northeastern Bosnia.

Lesotho’s government has banned some Famo music groups, branding them ‘terrorist’ organisations as violence escalates.

The World Wide Fund for Nature's (WWF) Norwegian chapter will have its day in court Thursday, after it sued Norway for opening up its seabed to mining before performing sufficient impact studies.

El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has proclaimed himself in favor of mining gold in the Central America country and called his nation’s 7-year-old ban on metals mining “absurd.”