Mining
An Incredibly Toxic Lake Will Become One of the US' First Lithium Mines
The promise and peril of turning the Salton Sea into California’s “Lithium Valley.”
Why a US Coal Company Is Implicated in the Death of 3 Coal Miners in Colombia
A VICE News podcast about murder, bribery, and natural resources.
Oops, This Dredging Company Lost Its Deep Sea Mining Robot
Global Sea Mineral Resources' Patina II separated from a lifting point this week, 13,000 feet below the ocean.
This Tiny Fishing Town Was Poisoned By a Coal Plant. The Government Is Trying to Replace it With a Mine
People in Senegal protested a coal plant financed by the African Development Bank and others for years. Now, a Turkish mining and steel complex threatens to undo their work.
Here’s What’s Happening in That Viral Oil Well Bitcoin Mining Video
A video of a bitcoin mining rig on an oil well got thousands of retweets and replies, criticizing it for destroying the planet—but it’s not that simple.
First Nation Calls For Apology, Compensation From Canada for Giant Gold Mine
Yellowknives Dene First Nation is calling for compensation for the social and environmental damage caused by the now-defunct operation.
Land Defenders Are Killed in the Philippines for Protesting Canadian Mining
Not only do Canadian mines in the Philippines degrade the environment and displace Indigenous communities, activists say, eco-defenders are targeted by the Philippine government for protesting them. A VICE World News investigation.
‘Disastrous’ Coal Seam Gas Project Gets Green Light From Australian Government
The approval comes just a week after Prime Minister Scott Morrison refused to commit to a net zero carbon emissions target by 2050.
How India’s Ancient Tribes Are Fighting to Save Their Forests From Coal Mining
India will auction 40 coal blocks next month for commercial mining.
Traditional Owners Block Access to Australia's Most Controversial Coal Mine
A number of native title holders in Queensland's Galilee Basin set up a blockade near the Adani Carmichael coal mine, in an attempt to reclaim the land from the mining giant.
‘One Stone Can Change Our Lives’: In Myanmar’s Deadly Jade Mines, Desperate Miners Are Forced to Gamble With Their Lives
For the informal miners struggling to pull themselves out of poverty, the risks, no matter how bad, are worth it.
Trump's Plan to Mine the Moon Is Just Lunar Capitalism Virtue Signalling
Trump thinks of outer space as the realm of "rich guys," and his push to mine the Moon is no different from his support for industrial extraction on Earth, even if it isn't feasible for decades to come.