His older brother, Patchou Kasongo Mutuka, worked the same job at the same mine ... tunnels that frequently collapsed and buried the young miners alive. Since then, global appetite for Congo’s ...

Environmentalists say the new Trump executive order that could boost mining threatens the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...

As Tesla sales tank, it’s not exactly the best time for the automaker to receive more bad press. However, Tesla faces a lawsuit for allegedly using child labor to mine precious metals for its EV ...

World’s No. 1 cobalt miner sees 2025 output approaching record The situation required “immediate action” as years of illegal mining and uncontrolled exports from both industrial and semi ...

Barrick Gold (NYSE: GOLD) (TSX: ABX) has been hit with a C$114,750 ($79,800) fine for its repeated, excessive discharge of toxic materials from the now-decommissioned Nickel Plate gold mine ...

The Similkameen River near Princeton, B.C., about 30 kilometres downstream from where Barrick Gold Inc. was penalized for repeatedly sending mine waste into a tributary. Cobalt levels were found ...

FILE PHOTO: A view of processing facilities at Tenke Fungurume, a copper and cobalt mine northwest of Lubumbashi in Congo's copper-producing south ...

DUMINGAG, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Philippines — The Church-led daily picket that started here on Feb. 12 led to the closure of illegal mining tunnels in Barangay Licabang here on Saturday ...