While the expansion of nickel mines drives deforestation, communities across Sulawesi experience a mix of benefits and ...

A mining company in West Virginia is facing a lawsuit from conservation groups that claim it has violated federal ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior announced today a two-year pause on new mining claims on land adjacent to Nevada’s Ash ...

A new law decades in the making could finally lead to the cleanup of some of the thousands of abandoned mines in Colorado ...

Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...

Silver fueled the rise of the Roman Empire. But the ancient process of mining and extracting silver was also making the air ...

Sulphuric acid is typically injected into the aquifer rock that contains the uranium to dissolve it. The mine then pumps out ...

Lead exposure is responsible for a range of human health impacts, with even relatively low levels impacting the cognitive ...

The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...

Lead pollution might sound like a modern problem, but people were subjected to significant levels during antiquity, too.

Scientists are exploring the role of lead pollution in the decline of the Roman Empire, proposing that chronic lead exposure ...

Authorities have decried the environmental destruction and river pollution caused by illicit gold mining, often involving ...