The nation’s massive copper deposits are key to meeting growing global demand. A battle has emerged over who gets to mine and ...

Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries ...

Officials promise safety with a southern Arizona mine that is on track to start production in 2027, while community health ...

Community group NDACT says it has “released” its consultant on possible effects on local water on Strada’s proposal to dig below the water table in an existing Melancthon quarry.

Hidden behind a strip mall and headed by a rock star paleontologist, the Edelman explores South Jersey's place in history as ...

Among the bills introduced during the current legislative session by Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula is AB 1425, which seeks ...

It takes lithium and cobalt to build the batteries that power electric vehicles and e-bikes, nickel and rare earth elements ...

Battery recycling provides economic, national security, and environmental benefits. But the United States is playing catch-up to Asian countries, particularly China.

The mine contains about six million tonnes of graphite, a critical mineral, but most of its equipment dates back to the ...

But since lithium is considered a metal, the deposit owners are regulated under the state's tough mining laws. But after ...

ON Christmas Day in 2022, 27-year-old Thabani Dlodlo’s eight-year-old son drowned in a flooded pit dug ... All the quarry miners who were nearby then just bolted,” said Hlengiwe. Quarry miners have ...

The city of Garden Ridge has taken action to give its residents a voice regarding quarries in the area. A quarry is a type of ...