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

The architect of Afghanistan’s first environmental law, Mustafa Zahir, speaks about the conflicting challenges of developing his country’s natural resources

Mining and overexploitation are damaging Afghanistan’s highland pastures and driving ethnic conflict between nomads and farmers

Extensive mining is set to transform Tibet into an industrial landscape, with disastrous environmental and social impacts, argues Gabriel Laffite