Since protests in Chile erupted over a subway fare increase in early October and morphed into broader demonstrations over income equality, inadequate public services and…
Editorial: Use of force against protestors in Chile alarms U.N., Human Rights Watch Read More »
They say it’s darkest before the dawn. Let’s hope that holds true for the diamond sector. We try to strike a hopeful note here at…
Editorial: Diamond sector battles crisis fatigue Read More »
The slaughter in Mexico this month of nine members of a local Mormon family horrified the world. Three women and six children were gunned down…
Editorial: Violence spirals out of control in Mexico Read More »
Four years ago, Argentines elected Mauricio Macri as their president on his promise to fix the country’s troubled economy after twelve years of populist government…
Editorial: Argentina shifts to the left–now what? Read More »
The shift from coal to cheaper and cleaner fuel sources like natural gas and renewables claimed another victim in the U.S. last week. Peabody Energy…
Editorial: Cratering demand signals more trouble in coal country Read More »
Less than a week after the Jan. 25 tailings dam collapse at Vale’s Feijao iron ore mine in Brazil that killed 251 people and left…
Editorial: Funds demand more tailings transparency Read More »
Hundreds of thousands of youth around the globe protested last week against government and corporate inaction on the climate crisis. They congregated in cities on…
Editorial: Young people unite against climate change Read More »
Indonesia has confirmed it will ban exports of nickel ore from January 2020 — two years earlier than expected. The Southeast Asian nation is the…
Editorial: Indonesia bans nickel exports two years early Read More »
The annual tour of mining camps in the Yukon sponsored by the Yukon Mining Alliance (75%) and the Government of Yukon (25%) never fails to…
Editorial: Yukon’s geological potential plain to see Read More »
The carbon neutral mine is on the horizon. That’s the aim of a collaborative program to test immobilizing carbon dioxide in mine tailings. Lab scale tests are promising, and now the research is moving into the field. The technology could…
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