With a four-day meeting at Ghent University, the third phase of the European research project MiningImpact has officially begun. Researchers from nine countries are joining forces to study the ...
Long-term mining sustainability depends on environmental stewardship, innovation in technology, governance frameworks, and social inclusion.
In 1979, a deep-sea mining experiment in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) left a lasting mark on the seabed. Decades later, a groundbreaking study published in the journal Nature, co-led by the ...
Thousands of metres below the ocean’s surface lies a world more alien to us than the Moon: the deep sea. It is one of the planet’s last untouched ecosystems – and at the same time seen as a treasure ...
The authors of a study about the environmental effects of exploratory drilling for a proposed lithium mine in Serbia say their analysis was retracted at the behest of employees working for the mining ...