Assessment reports for the approved NSW mine expansion state that the project will put threatened species at risk and see ...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than ...

The Trump administration says it will consider selling leases to extract minerals from the seabed off the South Pacific island of American Samoa.

Seaweed absorbs rare minerals and elements from seawater as it grows. A new initiative from Blue Evolution, called Orca Minerals, aims to harvest the materials.

The Metals Company, which has been trying for years to exploit battery materials strewn across the ocean floor, announced today that it has applied for a permit from the Trump administration to start ...

In the coalfields of Appalachian West Virginia, everyone hopes the mine will keep giving up its coal to pay rare six-figure salaries. But their prayers ask that they return safely to the surface.

TUSCALOOSA, Ala.—When Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum visited two Warrior Met coal mines in central Alabama last week, he said he was emphasizing the administration’s commitment to ...

In the Loess Plateau in China’s Shaanxi province, where coal mining has long been synonymous with back-breaking labour and perilous conditions, the Dahaize Mine is rewriting the rules of the ...

BILLINGS — The Spring Creek Coal Mine is already the largest in Montana and will get the expansion it has been seeking for more than 20 years. On Thursday, the Department of the Interior ...

Note to readers • This story was originally published by High Country News. In September, a coal mine reopened in Utah’s Coal Country. But the mine’s owner, Wolverine Fuels, couldn’t find ...

The mine, near the frontline city of Pokrovsk, produced coking coal crucial for Ukraine’s steel industry. It kept running until the very last moment, when Russian forces finally reached its gates.

Among the workers is 36-year-old Iryna Ostanko, effusive and athletic, smiling at her fellow coal workers in the cold dawn as they walk to the mine, owned by DTEK, Ukraine's private energy supplier.