Guyana’s gold mining sector is using less mercury overall as large- and medium-scale miners are now required to use cyanide to trap the precious metal from ore, but small-scale miners will take some ...

Canada is trying to stop NAFTA's environmental watchdog from taking a closer look at the environmental effects of the huge tailings ponds produced by Alberta's oilsands, and it appears Mexico and ...

The size, number, and environmental impact of oilsands tailings spills have been significantly underreported, according to new research. A study published in the Journal of Environmental Monitoring ...

A new report reveals the Alberta Energy Regulator recorded 514 tailings pond spills at oil sites across the province between 2014 and 2023 — an average of one spill per week.

Canada to fund health study for Indigenous communities downstream of oilsands Alberta regulator fines Imperial Oil over Kearl tailings pond leaks For the 514 spills analyzed in the study ...

As such, he asserted that the total recorded spill volumes from tailings ponds in Alberta’s oil sands underestimate the true rates. “The AER’s failure to gather credible and relevant ...

When the work is finished, the toxic stuff left behind often gets dumped in big piles or ponds. These processing and tailings storage sites can be among the most difficult parts of a mine to ...

An attorney for Hajj Malik Lovick, 48, boasted about the so-called Bedford-Stuyvesant fish pond, which has since been cemented over, in a failed bid for leniency following his conviction in the ...

The industry for processing rare earth metals is firmly in Asian hands. However, Phoenix Tailings is an example of an American initiative to build a supply chain in this area. The company closed a ...

Phoenix Tailings, a US-based startup specialising in rare-earth processing, has garnered support from BMW i Ventures and Yamaha Motor in its Series B financing round to boost rare-earth metals ...

The startup has secured initial offtake agreements. Credit: Joaquin Corbalan P via Shutterstock. Phoenix Tailings, a US-based startup specialising in rare-earth processing, has garnered support from ...