Russia's diamond mines, which are found sprawling across the massive Siberia region, account for around a third of the ...
Deep in the rugged mountains of Papua, Indonesia, one of the most astonishing mining operations on Earth continues to shape the global metals market. The Grasberg Mine, often referred to as the ...
Plans for a massive open-pit mine threaten wild salmon and bears at two of ... of the Kvichak and Nushagak Rivers that flow into Bristol Bay, home to the world’s largest wild sockeye salmon run. Wild ...
Lake Superior alone holds 10 percent of the world's readily available freshwater, and by surface area is the world's largest freshwater ... Any new heavy-metals mines in northeastern Minnesota would ...