Mining

Rio Tinto might be considering selling off its share of operations at a massive ilmenite mine in Madagascar this week. But will it walk away from its history of contaminations?

Britain's Critical Minerals Strategy fails on its own terms – and on the necessity of global resource justice.

Corruption, illegal mining, and lack of action threaten Peru’s mountain communities as glaciers disappear.

Campaigners say green transition must not be hijacked by military industries or used to undermine the economies of developing countries.

The rise of generative AI has exploded the demand for energy, including from fossil fuels.

How the citizens of Zenica, one of Europe’s most polluted cities, came together to fight against a polluting steelworks.

Today marks the first anniversary of three protesters being shot and killed in Madagascar during a demonstration against Rio Tinto’s QMM mine.

The increased demand for minerals for renewable energy infrastructure is driving the concentration of capital in the mining sector.

Extraction of raw materials could rise 60 per cent by 2060 – so is degrowth the answer?

Britain’s climate 'leadership' is based on the profoundly unjust and violent transition that was the defeat of the 1980s miners' strike.

Anti-coal campaigners are in court today in a final attempt to block the extension of a coal mine at Aberpergwm in south Wales.

Fishers' supporters hit by fish poisonings appeal to Qit Minerals Madagascar and Rio Tinto investors to ensure independent investigation - 18 months after mine pollution.

Firm mined 270,000 tonnes of coal since planning permission ran out - more than planned extension had proposed.

Community fears for the restoration of the UK’s largest open pit coal mine.

Human rights violations reported as villagers 'gagged' during negotiations for compensation from Rio Tinto’s QMM mine in Madagascar.

Damage caused by deep-seabed mining would be extensive and irreversible, says new report.

Lützerath Lebt activists are in an ongoing struggle with German police, erecting barricades and blockading to prevent eviction.

The government’s recent approval of the proposal to open a new coking coal mine in West Cumbria is an example of such climate nationalism in action.

A train line brings workers - and COVID-19 - to the Awa Guajá community, threatening their survival. Part 2 of 2.

A visit to the Awa Guajá where people have died from sadness as well as guns since their land became a freight line for the world’s biggest iron-ore mine. Part 1 of 2.

Experts question industry signals sent by government’s new coal mine approval.

Gove stokes environmental anger by approving first new coal mine in 30 years.

Rio Tinto faces new unrest at Madagascar mine as procedural dance delays promised compensation.

A federal judge has ruled the expansion of Montana coal mine illegal for impacts on water resources, the Yellowstone River, and the climate.