Failure to regulate the jade industry is transforming a landscape and exposing miners to deadly landslides

As herders in the Gobi desert lose livelihoods from pollution and lack of water, the government plans to pipe water across Mongolia

West Bengal government’s dream to develop the world’s second-largest coal mine becomes a nightmare as elections loom

Kumtor, a new documentary, explores the exploitation and cover-ups surrounding a Canadian gold mining company in Kyrgyzstan

Experts warn a wave of rushed approvals for riverbed mining projects will decimate fish populations and jeopardise many jobs in the region

Going against its own orders, the government in the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has ordered the fast-tracking of environmental clearances despite manifest evidence of illegal sand mining

Chinese plans to tap into Afghanistan’s copper wealth have stalled, leaving locals in the lurch

China can help reduce conflict driven by mining of lapis lazuli in northern Afghanistan, writes Stephen Carter

Despite years of complaints, the full extent of heavy metal pollution at a Yunnan mine in the Nu River valley was only exposed after a crackdown on organised crime, reports Chinese magazine Caijing

The repeal of Australia’s carbon tax raises doubts about the country’s ability to meet its international climate obligations