Small mines stay under the radar Environmental laws, designed to regulate the big boys, overlook some big messes by Andrea Barnett August 14, 2000 January 24, 2024 ...

New research suggests that a slow, small-scale mining movement could maintain supply, yield similar sustainability outcomes and provide a range of other benefits. Out of this Earth.

Mines have long been a staple of Russian warfare, used extensively in Afghanistan and Chechnya and earlier phases of the fighting in Ukraine, stretching back to 2014.

It’s good for the big mines, small mines,” said Click Bishop, a former state senator from Fairbanks who runs a placer mine in the Interior. “The biggest thing is: It makes a lot more ...

News-Miner opinion: Just 15 miles north of Fairbanks, something small but mighty is taking shape — and it could put our community on the national map in a whole new ...

In just the first half of this year, 36% of the gold produced in Ghana came from legal small-scale mines, with a value of around $1.7 billion, according to Ghana’s Ministry of Land and Resources.

Indonesia will allow small businesses to manage mines in the commodities-rich country for the first time and broaden access for religious groups, the latest populist policy to emerge under ...