Civil society activists make their voice heard at the Sixth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP6) of the Minamata Convention on Mercury. Ban on mercury in dental fillings is a positive step.

KERSHAW — What they’re digging for in southern Lancaster County is measured in ounces. But for the town of Kershaw, that adds up, since they’re sitting on gold. OceanaGold is extracting an average of ...

Officials with Perpetua Resources announced Tuesday they broke ground on early construction for the Stibnite Gold Project located just outside the border of the Frank Church River of No Return ...

The price of gold has been surging in 2025, recently reaching about $4,380 per ounce—another historical high. It’s up almost 70% this year. However, prices have pulled back and are now down 6%, to ...

The East Fork of the South Fork of the Salmon River flows through the Yellow Pine Pit at the Stibnite Mine in Central Idaho. (File photo by Clark Corbin/Idaho Capital Sun) (Idaho Capital Sun) ...

Shares of gold mining companies slid as prices for the precious metal headed for their biggest decline in more than a decade. Shares of Kinross Gold and Gold Fields Limited both slid 11%. Alamos Gold ...

In a recent study published in the journal Biogeosciences, scientists have confirmed that mercury pollution from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is contaminating food crops not through ...

Illegal gold mining in Peru has destroyed over 875,000 rai of the Amazon rainforest, releasing toxic mercury into rivers and threatening local communities. According to reports from the Monitoring of ...

China’s Zijin Mining Group bought RG Gold, a Kazakhstan-based gold miner, in the latest business transaction by billionaire Bulat Utemuratov. RG Gold exploits gold mines in the northern Akmola region ...