The president of the Dominican Republic on Monday suspended a mining project by Canadian company GoldQuest after hundreds protested the proposal over its feared environmental impact. Hundreds ...

Gold prices have surged in recent years, sparking a mining rush in the Amazon that accelerates deforestation and mercury ...

An interdisciplinary team of experts in green chemistry, engineering and physics at Flinders University in Australia has developed a safer and more sustainable approach to extract and recover gold ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Residents in Cambodia are reporting vanishing fish and illnesses along a waterway they suspect is being contaminated by gold mining. ● The number of residences at high risk of flooding in the United ...

The continued protests are led by Catholic priests and community members allied as Unidos Somos Mas, especially in the 14 provinces of the Cibao that reject new mining ventures. The group says that ...

This study will evaluate the potential impacts of gold mining in Virginia. This will include discussion of the geologic and mineralogical characteristics of gold deposits in Virginia and the types of ...