MANILA, Philippines - Just a few days before her confirmation hearing, Environment Secretary Gina Lopez threw another shot at the mining industry after she issued an order banning all prospective open ...

In a move that has sparked debate over economic potential and environmental risks, President Rodrigo Chaves announced Wednesday that his government plans to re-legalize open-pit mining. The practice, ...

It's a hard burn from Perth. A nearly straight line due east, six hours and change across the hot flat of Western Australia. In the distance, over the horizon: gold. Or at least, the hope of gold, ...

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known as AMLO, present ed before parliament a series of constitutional reforms among which there is a proposal to modify Article 27 so that it prohibits ...

The government of Honduras is no longer granting environmental permits for open-pit mining projects due to the deforestation and pollution they cause. Honduras has a poor human rights track record ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that her government will review a controversial bill, approved by the lower chamber of Congress in August, which aims to ban open-pit mining. The ...

A couple of weeks ago, the Philippines lifted a four-year ban on open-pit mining. In doing so, it also re-opened the debate on the mining method’s perceived environmental impact and its promising ...