Invisible clouds of sediment created by underwater mining spread for miles, putting ocean floor ecosystems at risk.
Coal mines are notorious sources of acid mine drainage, but the orange sludge that threatens water supplies and wildlife also ...
When the company that owns Canyon Mine, near the Grand Canyon, changed the mine’s name to Pinyon Plain Mine in 2020, some saw ...
Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth
TUSAQUILLAS, Argentina — Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along a bone-dry riverbed, guiding a herd of llamas and sheep through stretching desert. Flores de Callata’s native Kolla people have ...
Scarcity of water is emerging as a defining constraint of the 21st century. As one of the most notoriously water-intensive activities, the mining and metals industry sits at the heart of this ...
Geothermal energy recovery from mine water involves harnessing the inherent thermal energy stored in water-filled, abandoned mining workings. This approach exploits the relatively constant underground ...
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