China has increased restrictions on exports of rare earths and related technologies as Beijing tightened its grip on the products that are critical for use in smartphones and fighter jets. […]
Read MoreIllness, animal deaths and water shortages: life inside Chile’s polluted ‘sacrifice zones’
Patricia Silva lays out an array of medicines and doctors’ letters on her kitchen table. She lives a few kilometres from a copper foundry operated by the British-headquartered mining company […]
Read MoreAnglo American to merge with rival Teck in $53bn mining group
The London-listed miner Anglo American has agreed to merge with its Canadian rival Teck Resources, in a deal that will create a $53bn (£39bn) global copper group after both companies […]
Read More‘The Dubai of South America’: how the promise of riches from lithium mining turned to dust in Bolivia
Growing up near Bolivia’s Uyuni salt flats, Franz Alí Ramos remembers playing in the high-altitude wetlands near his home during the rainy season. “It was a beautiful recreation area for […]
Read MoreLuxury jeweller Fabergé sold to tech investor in $50m deal
Fabergé, the jeweller famed for its imperial Russian Easter eggs, has been sold to a technology investor in a $50m (£37m) deal. Gemfields, which mines coloured gemstones in Africa, has […]
Read MoreBody found in collapsed Chile mine as search continues for trapped miners
One of five miners trapped after a partial collapse at the world’s largest underground copper mine has been found dead, Chile’s state-owned Codelco group announced on Saturday, as rescuers continued […]
Read MoreLarge rise in abuse claims at mines that may be vital to EU’s energy transition, report says
Mines on the EU’s periphery that could be critical to its energy transition have recorded a large rise in allegations of abuse ranging from workplace deaths to soil pollution, a […]
Read MoreMining companies are pumping seawater into the driest place on Earth. But has the damage been done?
Vast pipelines cross the endless dunes of northern Chile, pumping seawater up to an altitude of more than 3,000 metres in the Andes mountains to the Escondida mine, the world’s […]
Read MoreCopper prices in US hit record high after Trump announces 50% tariff
Copper prices hit a record high in the US after Donald Trump announced he would impose a 50% tariff on the industrial metal, in the latest escalation of his trade […]
Read MoreBrazil’s last asbestos miners are switching to rare earth minerals. Can they offer a brighter future?
Minaçu, a small city in inland Brazil and home to the only asbestos mine in the Americas, is set to become the first operation outside Asia to produce four rare […]
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