The New York Times

Venezuela Approves New Law to Open Mining to Foreign Investors

The move opens the country’s coveted mineral fortune up to foreign investors, the latest move that Venezuela’s leadership has taken to satisfy the Trump administration. The move opens the country’s ...
Mongabay

Deep-sea wildernesses are more important than the promise of seafloor mining (analysis)

When I set sail on the MV NorSky in the summer of 2008 to probe the depths of Manus Basin off the coast of Papua New Guinea, I believed in the promise of deep-sea mining. As an early-career deep-sea ...
KARE 11

Proposed mining near the BWCA: Your questions answered

MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Senate voted 50–49 Thursday to reverse a 20-year federal moratorium on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Social media has been flooded with questions and ...
CNBC

Senate overturns Boundary Waters protections, a boon for Chilean mining company

The Senate on Thursday overturned a mining moratorium in Minnesota's Superior National Forest, a boon for a Chilean mining conglomerate Antofagasta. The chamber voted 50-49 to overturn a 20-year ...
Los Angeles Times

Park Service broke the law approving mining inside Mojave National Preserve, lawsuit says

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An advocacy group sued the Park Service and the Interior Department for approving an Australian mining company’s ...
The New York Times

Senate Votes to Allow Mining Near Minnesota Wilderness

The move was a victory for a Chilean company that wants to build a copper and nickel mine, which environmentalists say could devastate fragile lakes and forests. By Maxine Joselow Reporting from the ...
MinnPost

Big win for mining as Senate votes to remove moratorium on Boundary Waters watershed

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. WASHINGTON – ...
Star Tribune

Burcum: The Senate betrayed the Boundary Waters by blowing up mining protections

One of our most sacred obligations is protecting beloved natural treasures for generations to come. Unfortunately, the U.S. Senate betrayed that responsibility Thursday by rolling back hard-won ...
St. Cloud Times

US Senate vote allows mining near Boundary Waters, ending 20-year ban

The U.S. Senate voted 50-49 Thursday to allow sulfide mining in areas near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The vote ends President Joe Biden’s 20-year moratorium on mining leases across ...
Nature

Deep-sea mining mustn’t go ahead until there are baseline data

The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration now allows companies to apply for exploration and commercial mining through a consolidated process. This seems to be downplaying the importance ...
Scientific American

Mining companies are using cosmic rays to find critical minerals

Operating since 1903, Rio Tinto’s Kennecott Mine near Salt Lake City remains one of the most productive mines in the world, where workers pulled 134,000 metric tons of copper from the earth last year, ...