Premier Tim Houston and industry leaders are boosting lithium exploration in hopes of tapping forecasted demand growth
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A new study found that the potential for recovery of minerals such as lithium and manganese could more than satisfy U.S. demand right now
The conflict over deep-sea mining is heating up as the United States encourages miners to flout the International Seabed Authority
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.
Environmentalists say Ottawa’s approval of Swiss-based Glencore’s takeover of Teck Resources’ steelmaking coal mines leaves an “environmental disaster” in its wake
A Global Witness report exposes how the lithium mining rush is reproducing the same model of extractivism that has impoverished African countries for centuries
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
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?
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