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Agnico Eagle pulls extension proposal for Rankin Inlet gold mine
CBC via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA mining company has pulled its proposal to extend a Nunavut mine, citing "serious concerns" about...
Exclusive-Brazil plans legislation to crack down on laundering of illegal gold
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoBRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's government is taking a fresh tack in its effort to crack down on...
Gold, silver and lithium mining on federal land doesn’t bring in any royalties to the US Treasury –...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHard rock minerals like gold, silver, copper and lithium on public lands belong to the American...
Portugal Is At War With Itself Over ‘White Gold’
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEuropean leaders want to transform this forgotten farming region into the continent's largest lithium mining operation — and locals are fighting back.
Environmentalists denounce Nevada U.S. senator's mining bill
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Nevada Democrat who’s the heir apparent to the late Sen. Harry Reid’s role as chief defender of...
Why Brazil's Yanomami are being decimated by disease, mining
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSevere malnutrition and disease, particularly malaria, are decimating the Yanomami population in...
Japan refiles request to list divisive gold mine on UNESCO
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJapan has formally resubmitted documents seeking to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a...
Board recommends against proposed mining road in central Yukon
CBC via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) is recommending against a...
Lula campaign mulls new mining royalties in Brazil, spooking industry
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBrazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is considering raising royalties on...
Alaskan tribes seek historic legal recognition from B.C. gov't for review of mining project
CBC via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAn Alaska-based coalition of Indigenous governments has applied to be part of a B.C. environmental...