Minerals

Trump Administration Kills Rule Putting Conservation of Public Lands on Equal Footing With Resource Extraction

Biden’s Public Lands Rule ensured protecting or rehabilitating federal land would be as legitimate a use as mining, logging or drilling. Republicans and developers said it was a threat to the principle of “multiple use.”

By Wyatt Myskow

Nation’s First Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Biodiversity Hotspot

By Wyatt Myskow

‘We Live in One Ocean’: Native Hawaiian Activist Calls for Inclusion in Deep-Sea Mining Decisions

By Teresa Tomassoni

As Trump Eyes Greenland, What Could That Mean for Island’s Mineral Wealth and Environment?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Arizona Launches Investigation into Proposed Critical Mineral Mine’s Contaminated Water Discharge

By Wyatt Myskow

A New Tool Could Help Track Deep-Sea Mining Activity

By Kiley Price

A Patch of Indigenous Land, Rich in Metals, Pits Prominent Miner and Native Owners Against Conservationists

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

Trump Names More Priority Minerals for U.S. Mining Revival

By Dylan Baddour

The Woman Holding Chinese Mining Giants Accountable

By Katie Surma

As a Critical Minerals Mine Nears Approval in Arizona, Residents Fear It’s Already Affecting Area Water

By Wyatt Myskow

Republican Excitement for Wyoming Rare Earth Mining Contradicts the Party’s Disdain for Renewables

By Jake Bolster

Canadian Company Exits Contentious Uranium Mining Project in Western Alaska

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

Brazil’s Last Asbestos Miners Are Switching To Rare Earth Minerals. Can They Offer a Brighter Future?

By Isabel Seta, Agência Pública and the Guardian

A National Quest for Uranium Comes to Remote Western Alaska, Raising Fears in a Nearby Village

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

In Canada’s ‘Silicon Valley’ of Mining, Speculators Power a Hunt for Alaska’s Minerals

By Max Graham, Northern Journal

UN Scientists Propose a Plan to Meet Global Demand for Critical Minerals

By Carrie Klein

Trump Executive Order Streamlines Mining Permits. Environmentalists Fear What Comes Next

By Wyatt Myskow

A Nickel Rush Threatens Indonesia’s Last Nomadic Tribes and Its Forests, Fishermen and Farmers

Text and photos by Garry Lotulung

The Renewable Energy Transition Has Residents of a Small Arizona Town on Edge

By Esther Frances, Megija Medne and Phillip Powell