As renewable energy gathers steam around the world, the harms of mining its mineral components continue to grow. On the environmental front, for example, there’s the destruction of Indonesian ...

Dr. Andrew Forrest at Christmas Creek, a Fortescue iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia on Dec 5, 2024. Credit - Adam Ferguson for TIME It does not take long at lunch with Andrew ...

A geology field trip will take participants into a historic coal mine and a fossil site on Saturday, May 3, according to a community announcement. Led by geologist Jeri Jones, the trip, “Exploring ...

Mining these huge panels doesn't come without a cost, however. Underground mining causes what's known as subsidence -- the land above a mine settles -- but since longwall mining leaves behind no ...

A study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity in September describes the extensive environmental toll of mining for minerals needed for a transition to green energy. The direct, site-level impacts ...

By Carolyn CowanGerry Flynn BANGKOK — 2025 saw global conservation plunged into chaos, with an estimated $500 million in ...

For more than a decade, The Metals Company has poured millions of dollars into researching and developing technology for ...

For several years, Otis Sullens pursued a career in mining, breathing in the dust and toxins that later contributed to his death. Yet the name of this Miller County native is remembered for his ...

Picture a society powered by renewable energy. What likely comes to mind are fields of wind turbines, banks of solar panels, heat pumps humming away on buildings, and electric vehicles plugged into ...

Critically, this isn’t simply talk. At Fortescue, the mining behemoth he founded in 2003, Forrest has begun just such a transformation: he’s building renewable-energy projects, purchasing a fleet of ...