Peru’s government is acknowledging for the first time the existence of large-scale informal mining of copper, warning that high prices could see the activity grow in the near future. The government is ...

Chinese company Liulin Senze Coal & Aluminum will start producing alumina from low-grade bauxite at its factory in Shanxi province in July thanks to a new technology developed in France, the ...

Local farmers, working in small-scale operations, do much of the mining throughout the region. Mining activity in Khoan Thong and the surrounding mountains continues, though it is only a shadow of its ...

An Endolith technician swirls a flask containing a starter culture of the company’s proprietary microbes. The amber color ...

The Trump administration is trying to position direct lithium extraction, deepsea mining and battery materials-focused ...

Ghana’s exports rose more than 50% to $11.6 billion last year as small-scale mining underpinned an increase in output. The small-scale mining sector, which typically accounts for a third of ...

Video shows the sheer scale of a 10 million square foot Tesla factory in Texas. The factory in Austin, Texas, covers 25,000 acres along the Colorado River and the factory floor is over 10 million ...

The leadership of the Concerned Small-Scale Miners Association has expressed strong support for the government’s newly introduced Cooperative Mining Scheme, describing it as a step in the right ...

The Peruvian government has enacted Supreme Decree No. 009-2025-EM, transferring oversight of small-scale and artisanal mining from regional governments to the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM).

Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) is a prominent activity in the extractive industry: considering only gold, it produces about 20% of the world market supply. Despite this fact, ASM is generally ...

“We are announcing in a few weeks the launch of a mining fund for small-scale and artisan mining,” Montero said, adding that these miners would have access to preferential rates and ...