Danger and desperation in Myanmar’s jade mines
November 27, 2020
Failure to regulate the jade industry is transforming a landscape and exposing miners to deadly landslides
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November 27, 2020
Failure to regulate the jade industry is transforming a landscape and exposing miners to deadly landslides
October 14, 2020
As herders in the Gobi desert lose livelihoods from pollution and lack of water, the government plans to pipe water across Mongolia
October 09, 2020
West Bengal government’s dream to develop the world’s second-largest coal mine becomes a nightmare as elections loom
August 27, 2020
Kumtor, a new documentary, explores the exploitation and cover-ups surrounding a Canadian gold mining company in Kyrgyzstan
August 18, 2020
Experts warn a wave of rushed approvals for riverbed mining projects will decimate fish populations and jeopardise many jobs in the region
August 03, 2020
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
April 16, 2018
Chinese plans to tap into Afghanistan’s copper wealth have stalled, leaving locals in the lurch
July 05, 2016
China can help reduce conflict driven by mining of lapis lazuli in northern Afghanistan, writes Stephen Carter
June 10, 2015
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
July 18, 2014
The repeal of Australia’s carbon tax raises doubts about the country’s ability to meet its international climate obligations