The Sawtooth National Forest is working to understand the potential environmental impact of Liberty Gold's proposal to expand ...

MANILA, June 23 (Reuters) - The incoming minister in charge of Philippine mining has slammed the use of open pits to extract minerals, describing it as "madness" even to consider the method in the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Evidence abounds across Montana of the ruinous environmental legacy of cyanide-based open-pit ...

In a move that has sparked debate over economic potential and environmental risks, President Rodrigo Chaves announced Wednesday that his government plans to re-legalize open-pit mining. The practice, ...

In 2023, tensions escalated in Las Naves, Ecuador, where farmers clashed with police during protests against a new environmental consultation process and the upcoming launch of a large-scale open-pit ...

Residents of Bondaye in the Western Region are demanding immediate government intervention over what they describe as unsafe ...

The area where Idaho Copper wants to begin a copper mine exploration project. The mine would be located near Idaho City and Grimes Creek. Idaho Copper seeks to gain approval from the U.S. Forest ...

Intensifying droughts, erratic rainfall and rising temperatures are placing growing pressure on water availability and ...