The image shows a chasm in the earth. More than 2 miles across and nearly 2,000 feet deep, the mining operation in a social media photo has replaced any flora that might have once inhabited the now ...
Soaring demand for electric vehicles is fueling dramatic changes in Guinea, home to the world’s largest bauxite reserves A truck used for transporting bauxite along the mining road that cuts through ...
WIKIEUP, Ariz. — In the desert hills of western Arizona, Ivan Bender drives his ATV to inspect holes in the ground. The holes are near the property of the Hualapai tribe, and an Australian mining ...
In the global race for critical minerals, one little-known international agency has long held the keys to a potential motherlode — vast quantities of metals located on the remote seafloor. The ...
The Ghanaian government has significantly ramped up the approval of mining permits under legislation passed in late 2022, intensifying concerns about runaway environmental damage. The country is ...
WHEN PRESIDENT Donald Trump signed an executive order on April 24th authorising seabed mining for critical minerals, he meant to free American companies from international constraints and license ...
A recent executive order would accelerate mining in little-understood undersea ecosystems. By Rebecca Dzombak Max Bearak and Harry Stevens Life at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean is slow, dark and ...
In hindsight, I am still not sure why the operators of the Danish-flagged MV Coco allowed me onboard. By the time I arrived last June, the vessel had been sailing for several weeks in the Bismarck Sea ...
In a world hungry for crucial resources, China may not be poised to start deep-sea mining but it is planting seeds for such operations in a meticulously planned economic and geopolitical strategy. The ...
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