Mining

July 4, 2023

Norway Unearths the Mother Lode: World’s Largest High-Grade Phosphate Deposit Worth 70 Billion Tonnes Discovered

A massive underground deposit of high-grade phosphate rock in Norway has been discovered, estimated to be worth 70 billion tonnes. The Norwegian deposit is considered the world’s largest and can meet global

Foam falling from the monsoon sky were spotted in Chandrapur

Health·India·News

Why Is It Raining Foam In Chandrapur?

There have been many instances of climatic crises in the past 1.5 year. And unseasonal rain is one of them, but something new has happened in the Chandrapur District in Maharashtra. There has been an incident of “soap-like foam” rain.

September 22, 2021

Battling for Balance: Ash Meadows’ Endangered Oasis in the Crosshairs of Lithium Exploration

Activism·Nature·USA

In an unprecedented legal move that pits the objectives of environmental conservation against the push for renewable energy, two conservation organizations have sued the

Biden Administration’s Controversial Move to Evacuate Minnesota Forest Region

News·USA

The Biden administration has declared on Thursday that it aims to entirely evacuate 225,504 acres in northern Minnesota forest region, which is inhabited by

Representative Image Mining in Motion, Photo Source: Lars Hammar (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Pollution

Phosphate Industry’s Radioactive Waste: Environmental Lawsuits and Health Risks

Conservation, public health, and environmental justice organizations have filed a lawsuit against the federal government for failing to regulate toxic and radioactive waste from phosphate mining and fertilizer production. The legal action

Govind Tekale

March 11, 2025

Energy·USA

Grand Canyon’s 1 Million Acres Face Renewed Uranium Mining Threat

A new Interior Department order threatens to reopen uranium mining near the Grand Canyon, setting up a clash between energy development and environmental protection. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s directive calls for a

Sunita Somvanshi

February 7, 2025

Representative Image: Goro Nickel Mine, New Caledonia.

Climate

Nickel Mining’s Hidden Cost: Up to 500-Fold Increase in Land Use Threatens Rainforests

Every electric car battery and solar panel we use needs nickel. But getting this metal from the ground comes at a price we’re just starting to understand. New research from the University

Govind Tekale

January 28, 2025

Representative image. Coal mines. Photo source : hangela (pixabay).

News

BAPE Rejects Falco’s Horne 5 Mine Proposal; Stock Drops 25.8% to $0.23

The Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) believes that Ressources Falco’s new underground mine project (Horne 5) in Rouyn-Noranda is “not acceptable” in its current form. In its 281-page investigation report, the

Sunita Somvanshi

January 16, 2025

Representative Image. Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, Georgia. Photo Source: Frank Kehren (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Conservation·Wildlife

Okefenokee Refuge Expands by 22,000 Acres Amid Mining Debate

The federal government plans to make the Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge bigger. This change could better protect one of America’s largest swamps and affect jobs in southeast Georgia. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Govind Tekale

January 7, 2025

Business·Space

Space Race for Moon Gold: Mining the Lunar Landscape into a Hub of Prosperity

As humanity becomes ever more engrossed with the cosmos, the prospect of transforming the moon into an economic and exploratory hub is swiftly shifting from science fiction to reality. The recent Space

Karmactive Staff

August 3, 2023

Energy·Science

Ontario’s Mineral Wealth Attracts Tesla to Secure Battery Supply Chain

According to documents filed with the Ontario government, Tesla has been actively exploring opportunities to establish an industrial facility and mining operation in Ontario, Canada. The aim of the company is to

Rahul Somvanshi

June 17, 2023

Business·Energy

Tesla To Begin Refining Lithium Within A Year To Secure Battery Supply

Give me 5 title options for this and 9 key sentences for this write up " Spain said Monday it has asked the United States to begin procedures to remove soil contaminated

Rahul Somvanshi

March 7, 2023

Energy·World

Iran Discovers Massive Lithium Deposit In Its Hamedan Province

Rahul Somvanshi

March 6, 2023

Business·Science·Space

NASA’s Psyche Mission: Unlocking the Secrets of an Iron-rich Quadrillion Worth Asteroid

NASA has resumed the Psyche mission, which is set to launch this year, aiming to explore the science and mining potential of the 16 Psyche asteroid. Psyche, a 140-mile diameter, metal-rich asteroid

Karmactive Team

February 17, 2023

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