mining

Trump's deep sea mining order could destabilize international cooperation

by Leticia Reis de Carvalho 05 MAY 2025 15:00

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano As Secretary-General of the International Seabed Authority (ISA), I take note of the Executive Ord...

A Map of the Material World: Interview with Ed Conway

by Giorgia Marino 29 APR 2025 18:50

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano The digital revolution, the dematerialisation of work, the web, and social networks may give us th...

What is the ‘empty forest syndrome’ and why it should concern us

by Inty Arcos 25 MAR 2025 11:50

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in inglese The loss of wildlife diversity and ecosystem fragmentation have triggered the phenomenon known as t...

Mining is turning the Amazon into a desert

by Roosevelt García-Villacorta 24 MAR 2025 11:50

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Imagine an arid, desolate and barren landscape, this is what the planet Mars looks like. For many ...

Why Trump wants Ukraine’s rare earths

by Simone Fant 14 FEB 2025 18:30

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano "We cannot keep spending hundreds of billions to defend Ukraine without getting something in retur...

Sustainable Mining Practices: A Look at New Innovations

by Kushal Sawarkar 29 AUG 2024 15:30

The most pioneering concept in green mining is the development of eco-friendly extraction methods. Traditional mining processes usually use dangerous chemicals and carry out broad-scale environ...

Critical minerals, are volcanoes the mines of the future?

by Simone Fant 13 JUN 2024 10:00

Soufrière Hills is a 1,467-metre volcano that dominates the Caribbean Island of Montserrat in the Lesser Antilles archipelago. Following a series of devastating eruptions between 1995 and 199...