Miners in Africa dig for gold. Credit: mehmet ali poyraz via Shutterstock In the village of Rosh Pinah, southern Namibia, 30 children carried lead in
The caves at Juukan Gorge contained some of the oldest evidence of human occupation in the world. Image Credit: PKKP Aboriginal Corporation/AFP. Western Australia (WA)
Besides lithium, other minerals now open for mining and auction include beryl, titanium, niobium and zirconium. Credit: Tuul & Bruno Morandi via Getty images. The
Tailings at a Northern Territories gold mine. Credit: Steve Lovegrove via Shutterstock As the ore grades of metals decline worldwide, what once was waste now
Most of Rio’s emissions come from metal processing such as aluminium refining, while mining accounts for only 20% of total emissions. Credit: Rio Tinto. Rio
Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivering a speech to the Australian Parliament. Credit: Martin Ollman/Getty Images. Australia has blocked the takeover of a lithium miner by a
As of 2022–23, India generates 73% of its power from coal, which is expected to go down to 55% as the share of renewables increases.
The proposed corridor will serve a major mining cluster of Odisha that is dotted with steel mines. Credit: Bishnu Sarangi from Pixabay. India’s government-owned coal
Women of the Dongria Kondh tribe in Odisha. Credit: Oscar Espinosa The blockbuster film Avatar could have been based on the Niyamgiri conflict in India.
The Boggabri coal mine is operated by a Japanese petroleum and coal mining company Idemitsu. Credit: Ned Snowman via Shutterstock. The Boggabri coal mine in
