In the Zambian city of Kabwe, children suffer severe health effects due to lead poisoning because of extreme pollution from the toxic lead waste of a former mine. Zambia’s government is facilitating ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo produces nearly three-quarters of the world’s cobalt, an essential component in rechargeable batteries powering laptops, smartphones and electric vehicles. But ...

Activists are concerned that high-profile cobalt consumer Tesla isn't doing enough to demand that its cobalt be mined ethically without the use of child or forced labor. The EV company says it is ...

A Gatehouse author’s new book looks at the life of two children who lived in a mining community. Claire Pepper has released James and Ann Children of a Lead Miner, 1841, which tells the story of two ...

Mines in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, once leading mineral producers, are preserved for public tours. Visitors can book tours to explore the underground history in the Iron Mountain Iron Mine, Quincy ...

The United Nations said on Friday that Myanmar unprecedently has the highest number of civilian causalities from anti-personnel landmines, with children making up over a third of these numbers. UN ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Gina Rinehart heads to an Australian court on Wednesday to do battle with her children over a multi-billion-dollar family trust, an unwelcome distraction for Asia's richest woman as ...