Initial filings for unemployment benefits in Georgia rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...

Perpetua Resources, the mining company planning to dig in the mountains outside McCall, promises to clean up the site — including the damage done by decades of previous mining.

Assay results from soil and rock chip samples collected from the Muddy Creek prospect, with a high of 128.5 g/t Au, have ...

Balochistan [Pakistan], January 31 (ANI): A tragic landslide at a coal mine in the Harnai district of Balochistan has once again highlighted the persistent dangers faced by miners in the region due to ...

One point of leverage? Alaska’s Red Dog mine. Red Dog — a huge open-pit operation in Northwest Alaska — is the largest zinc mine in the world, and a major U.S. source of both zinc and a little-known ...

A landslide engulfed a group of female gold miners in Mali, resulting in multiple casualties. The tragic event highlights the dangers of artisanal mining in Mali, which is a significant gold producer ...

But it’s also a global leader in mining, an industry with an abysmal human rights record. Under the previous Conservative federal government, Canadian foreign aid was more directly aligned with ...

Canada presents itself as a gender equality and human rights champion both at home and abroad. But it’s also a global leader in mining, an industry with an abysmal human rights record. Under the ...