Mining

Mining

How slow, small-scale mining can meet demand in a more sustainable way

Cassia Johnson, Deborah Johnson and Kathryn Moore

The slow fashion and slow food movements are an antidote to overconsumption. New research in Canada and Ghana suggests slow mining can also bring benefits.

Mining

Feds ignore cost of water pollution cleanup as they greenlight Teck coal mine sale

Eugene Ellmen

Environmentalists say Ottawa’s approval of Swiss-based Glencore’s takeover of Teck Resources’ steelmaking coal mines leaves an “environmental disaster” in its wake

Mining

Is the 'clean energy' mineral boom failing Africa?

Malavika Vyawahare

A Global Witness report exposes how the lithium mining rush is reproducing the same model of extractivism that has impoverished African countries for centuries

Mining

Environmental concerns loom over Glencore takeover of Teck coal mines

Eugene Ellmen

Teck may benefit by shedding its coal assets, but environmental advocates say the hidden cost of its operations may worsen under new owner unless governments intervene

Fall 2023 | Mining

Lessons from the 'white gold' rush in Latin America’s lithium triangle

Natalie Alcoba

Can three countries in the most lithium-rich place on Earth use the green revolution to break free from the extractive patterns of the past that leave little behind?

Mining

Why this Canadian-owned copper mine is facing fierce opposition in Panama

Octavio Garcia Soto

With global demand for copper booming, the government of Panama is pushing a deal with the contentious Cobre Panamá mine and citizens are pushing back