An executive order issued by the Trump Administration directs the government to mine federal public lands "to the maximum ...

Federal agencies will need fully-staffed teams to implement President Donald Trump’s order for the Interior Department and ...

By: Springboard Road Show FoundationIllegal small-scale mining, known as ‘galamsey,’ is a significant threat to Ghana’s ...

The 30th Land of the Sky Gem Show took place in Swannanoa, N.C., on March 22.Hosted by the Mountain Area Gem and Mineral ...

Like something from the science fiction film “Dune”, the “world’s biggest mining dredger” has been swallowing acre after acre ...

Southwestern Colorado’s mining potential is once again gaining more attention due to changes in federal regulations and a ...

SANTA FE — New Mexico's commissioner of public lands banned mining on state land in the Upper Pecos Watershed, a move meant to pressure the federal government to follow through on similar protections ...

Due to economic necessity, many Malawian women engage in illegal sand mining, exacerbating environmental degradation. As ...

The action removes 2,500 acres from mining development but leaves much of the largely federally owned watershed unprotected.

U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd wants the federal government to lift recently imposed restrictions on oil and gas production and the ...

This is part one of a series on the operation to evict illegal gold miners from the Munduruku Indigenous Territory. Part two, ...

Biden administration Interior Secretary Deb Haaland moved to temporarily withdraw 165,000 acres of the Upper Pecos from new mining development. During the two-year withdrawal, the Bureau of Land ...