Mining

Mining

An artisanal miner carries raw ore at Tilwizembe, a former industrial copper-cobalt mine, outside of Kolwezi, the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, June 11, 2016. Picture taken June 11, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Kenny Katombe

Congo halts artisanal copper and cobalt processing amid corruption crackdown

Congo, the world's top cobalt supplier contributing around 70% of global output, has wrestled for decades with illegal, artisanal mining that diverts revenue away from the nation's coffers

US President Donald Trump and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese shake hands as they sign an agreement on rare earth and critical minerals during a meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, 20 October 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

US-Australia rare earths deal is a start but won't shake China dominance any time soon

Photo: Collected

Concerns and impatience over mining the world's seabeds

Infograph: TBS

World's most mined industrial metals 2021

Servicemen of Ukrainian Territorial Defence Forces take part in a demining training, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, north of Zhytomyr region, Ukraine May 4, 2022. REUTERS

US to provide $89 million for Ukraine demining

A truck exits the mine after collecting ore from 516 metres below the surface at the Chibuluma copper mine in the Zambian copperbelt region. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight

A truck exits the mine after collecting ore from 516 metres below the surface at the Chibuluma copper mine in the Zambian copperbelt region. REUTERS/Rogan Ward

Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight

During the dry season when the water level recedes, the workers collectively extract more than a 100 tonnes of coal each day. Photo: Mumit M

Standing in the shallow waters of Someshwari, these miners find coal

Shifting mining from the global south misses the point of climate justice

Shifting mining from the global south misses the point of climate justice

Labourers work at a coal stockyard in East Jaintia Hills in Meghalaya, India, September 16, 2015. REUTERS/Krishna N. Das/Files

Illegal coal exports to Bangladesh may be behind mining accidents in India’s Meghalaya

Maddhapara mining hits rock bottom

Maddhapara mining hits rock bottom

Snow covered mountains rise above the harbour and town of Tasiilaq, Greenland, June 15, 2018/ Reuters

Mining fuels Greenland dreams of independence – and political crisis

Israeli billionaire Beny Steinmetz is seen before the start of a hearing at Magistrate's Court in Rishon Lezion August 14, 2017/ Reuters

Exclusive: Steinmetz to appear at Geneva trial next month to face corruption charges