Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the founder of WildAid and Wildlife Alliance How can we procure critical minerals and meet the needs of the global economy ...

During the recent Digging Deeper: The Future of Mining Benzinga virtual event, Alex Wylie, president, CEO, and director of Volt Lithium, detailed the company’s groundbreaking approach. Unlike ...

Scientists exploring new ways to extract rare earth elements from domestic waste and polluted land say their work could help address long-standing ethical and environmental concerns tied to global ...

A new report on the impact of lithium mining in South America’s lithium triangle finds the rush to extract lithium in Chile’s Salar de Atacama has had a severe impact on the area’s water supplies.

Uranium mining operations have started at the McClean Lake project in Saskatchewan, Canada, using the Surface Access Borehole Resource Extraction mining method, joint venture partners Orano Canada and ...

Selecting an appropriate mining method involves the systematic evaluation of multiple, often conflicting, criteria such as geology, geotechnical stability, economic viability, environmental impact and ...

With global demand for many minerals increasing, mining companies are now exploring methods to accelerate projects and compress the timeframe between development and production. One such method is the ...

This appendix presents additional details on the individual processes that are involved in extraction of coal from surface and underground mines, and the subsequent beneficiation of the coal in coal ...