The battle over Oak Flat traces back 30 years, when prospectors found a massive copper deposit beneath the ground.

With demand for steel down and a trade war underway, miners in the Iron Range of Minnesota are feeling the hit. But they hope better times are ahead.

Nestled in the green hills of Masisi territory in Congo, the artisanal Rubaya mining site hums with the sound of generators, ...

By Caity Coyne West Virginia Watch, via Kentucky Lantern A federal judge this week ordered the “full restoration” of services ...

With a strong snowpack, the Dillon Reservoir will ‘fill and spill’ for the 2nd year in a row Denver Water announced in May ...

The sulphur dioxide pollution from the chimneys was a thorn in Norwegian-Russian cross-border relations for 30-years. Two of the three are now demolished, while the last will be preserved. When the la ...

Amanda Lawson, a West Virginia healthcare employee, is seeing the effects. Miners who come to her for care have “horrible” ...

Rob McEwen wants to build a jewel at Los Azules, which aims to be Argentina's first copper cathode-producing project. McEwen Mining has completed permitting on Los Azules, located high in the ...

A federal judge ordered the restoration of jobs in the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety’s Respiratory ...

In Senegal’s gold-rich Kedougou region, women and children face serious health risks from mercury exposure used in gold processing.

"Mining was never my legacy. You see guys whose fathers and grandfathers work at the mine. That wasn't my story," — Patrick ...

Worker cooperatives may sound like something out of the 19th century, but they still exist in the age of global capitalism.