Occupational health impacts of mining can range from musculoskeletal conditions to hearing loss and serious lung conditions. Credit: Daniel Jedzura via Shutterstock. In the early-to-mid
Natural capital accounting can help quantify the environmental impacts of mining. Credit: bmphotographer via Shutterstock. Climate change and the global net-zero goal have acutely highlighted
China dominates global graphite electrode production. Credit: Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images. Graphite, a crystalline form of carbon, is a crucial component of lithium-ion batteries. It
Australia is working to address bullying and harassment of female mine workers. Credit: Ryerson Clark/Getty Images. The extent of sexual harassment and bullying toward female
A solar farm at Rio Tinto Group’s Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, in October 2023. Credit: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg via
Laura Benger, non-executive chair of the Australian charity Miners’ Promise. Credit: Laura Benger. A young father is killed after the loader he was driving plummets
Codelco’s Chuquicamata underground mine in Chile. Credit: ABB. Automation and digitalisation have been hot topics in the mining industry for some time, with different companies
Researchers at the University of Utah are testing their remote prospecting technique in the Spor Mountain range. Credit: Bryony Richards. Discovering new deposits of critical
A tailings dam and processing plant at a gold mine in Australia’s Northern Territory. Credit: Steve Lovegrove/Shutterstock. In 2019, when the Brumadinho tailings dam breached at the
Mine waste at Mineral Park mine, Arizona, US. Credit: University of Nevada, Reno. In the Peruvian Amazon region of Madre de Dios, the beauty of
