By Chisapi Kumbutso The Zambian government has ordered a copper miner to assess its infrastructure for weaknesses and clean ...

By Victoria Schneider The Zambian government is investigating a chemical spill in its Copperbelt Province allegedly linked to Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), owned by U.K.-based multinational Vedanta ...

Demand for metals has exploded in recent decades, thanks to population growth, technological innovation, and economic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Acid mine waste turns rocks orange along Shamokin Creek in Pennsylvania. Jake C/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Across Appalachia, ...

For 140 years, gold mines in Johannesburg, South Africa have been leaking wastewater contaminated with heavy metals. The acid mine drainage from Johannesburg's estimated 278 abandoned mines and 200 ...

In the tributaries of Slippery Rock Creek, pollution from mine drainage had been a brewing problem for more than 100 years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Public commenters lined up out the door to speak against a $50 million grant supporting the Copperwood Mine project in the Western ...

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – A solution to America’s dependence on foreign rare earth minerals may be coming from an unlikely place: polluted water leaking from abandoned coal mines. Researchers at West ...

Penn State scientists research microbes capable of cleaning up abandoned mine pollution. The coal mining industry in Pennsylvania left behind a legacy of abandoned mines that continue to pollute ...

A scientific analysis published recently has warned that climate change could exacerbate the risks of metal mining pollution ...