Deep-sea mining (DSM) not only poses significant environmental, social, and economic risks that may have far-reaching implications for coastal communities and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), it ...

A new report reveals the results of a study exploring biodiversity in a region targeted for seabed mining—capturing baseline data, tracking natural changes and assessing the impacts of a polymetallic ...

Gholamreza Mola-Taheri said IMIDRO’s goal is not to merely add to the piles of existing theoretical research, “So by applying a new policy which we call a "demand-driven" approach, we have called on ...

Strip mining across the mountaintops of Appalachia is scarring as much as three times more land to get a ton of coal than just three decades ago, new research shows. The data and a series of new maps ...

A new peer-reviewed study published in Nature Communications on Thursday warns that waste from deep-sea mining could disrupt life in the ocean’s “twilight zone”, a key midwater layer supporting much ...

A new study reveals that 59,000 kilometers, or nearly 37,000 miles, of tropical rivers have been damaged by mining, based on 7 million measurements taken from satellite images spanning four decades.

On November 18, 2025, First Mining Gold Corp. announced positive results from an updated Pre-Feasibility Study for its 100%-owned Springpole Gold Project in Ontario, Canada, incorporating advancements ...

Mining in the shallow waters of the continental shelf is seen as more sustainable than deep-sea mining, but goes against global goals on sustainability and conservation, a new study says. There are ...