China seized mines and built factories. Japan took note and invested in Australia. But the United States did little despite ...

The Department of Labor is getting pilloried online after advertising that there are now more jobs for miners in the U.S. thanks to President Donald Trump’s “commitment to unleashing American energy.” ...

Waste from coal plants was one of the Trump administration's recent deregulatory targets. Commonly called coal ash, this waste includes hazardous metals like lead and arsenic and is produced in huge ...

For investors, it's important to understand not only how metals and minerals are used—but also the drawbacks and ethical ...

Bitcoin mining creates new coins and secures the network, but its high energy use has raised concerns about its environmental impact.

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Mercury concentrations in fig trees could provide useful information about mining activity in the rainforest over time ...

The country’s only fully operational lithium mine had an air pollution problem, Nevada regulators found.

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Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon ...

Trump’s insistence that coal miners had no desire to build phones is especially funny given the fact that his advisors are ...

This week’s sharemarket rout continued on Wednesday, with more than $40bn wiped from the market, as investor worries over the ...