After two decades of illegal beach sand mining happening under officials' noses in India, the Central Bureau of Investigation ...

The great deep sea mining debate has both pros and cons that need to be addressed before the procedure can become viable.

The U.S. is sitting on a rare earths goldmine — not buried underground, but suspended in toxic wastewater. A long-polluted ...

San Clemente wants to hang on to its beach town status, but coastal erosion over the years has cut off public access in some ...

Mining continues at the Continental Pit. Nearby is the Berkeley Pit, a site for acid mine drainage that poses an opportunity ...