Mining

Environment

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Opinion

We must stop playing musical chairs with the climate

The COP29 climate conference again failed to deal with the real cause of climate change – extraction of fossil fuels

Environment

We are not tracking the impact of half the world’s mines

Global mapping of mining areas using satellite imagery reveals a stunning lack of data on mining activity and impacts

Sciences & Technology

Decoding data to predict landslides

A new software tool predicts landslide boundaries two weeks before they happen

Sciences & Technology

The limits of modelling: Knowing we don’t know

Modelling the impact of mine developments on groundwater is critical for protecting ecosystems and agriculture, but it can go astray if we don’t recognise that all models lack certainty

Sciences & Technology

Sensing a serious problem

New wearable technology can help people working in physically demanding jobs in harsh environments monitor their own wellbeing, and potentially, save lives

Sciences & Technology

Using maths to map mines deep underground

Mapping the massive network of tunnels that give miners underground access to mineral ores is an expensive and time-consuming process, but new optimisation software, inspired by the complexity of the microchip, could save the industry millions

Business & Economics

Responsible mining doesn’t have to be an oxymoron

Mining in the 21st century can deliver the goods and be more socially and environmentally acceptable, a new book shows

Politics & Society

Coalface tactics

Conservation and environmental groups are using the courts to fight and frustrate the mining industry in an act the Government calls ‘lawfare’