Because of a 151-year-old U.S. mining law, miners hold claims on federal land for years at little cost, work in secret and frequently submit incomplete plans to environmental regulators ...

KAMPALA, April 14 (Reuters) - Uganda's cabinet has approved a draft mining law that would allow the government to own shares in private mining operations and impose steep penalties for violations ...

The bill was signed off by WA Governor ... to have the law's fine print reviewed by a committee. Mr Palmer said the state's claim he was seeking $30 billion was "bulls--t". The mining billionaire ...

Indeed, Mr. Alford's chapter on the mining law of Great Britain is the least striking in the book. Mining in Great Britain is so largely a matter of contract between lord and lessee, and so ...