Just over an hour's drive from Zion National Park lies a historic and notorious Utah ghost town famous for its beehive kilns, ...

It's a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is ...

The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

The gold extracted from these mines helped finance the ambitions of Egypt’s rulers, but it came at a significant human cost.” ...

As one biologist put it, the Atacama Desert is a “geological photograph.” Mining companies first flocked to the region in the early 20th century in search of copper. Soon, mining camps and ...

"This action puts us on a path towards destruction of America’s treasured landscapes and weakening the integrity of the Park Service in favor of the possibility of critical minerals” -- NPCA Californi ...

“I’m relieved by the county’s decision to give desert tortoises and other wildlife a reprieve from this mining exploration, which threatens these species and this fragile ecosystem,” said Hallie Kutak ...

Mansour affirmed that the agreement represents a new phase in expanding AngloGold Ashanti’s investments in Egypt ...