Villagers from a community in South Africa's Eastern Cape fought to be consulted and for the power to consent to mining their land.
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In countries like South Africa which has a big and robust mining sector, tailings need to be managed with extra care.
A massive new discovery this summer of miles of corals in deep waters off South Carolina shows how much we have yet to learn about life on the ocean floor.
Indian mining firm Adani has announced scaled-down plans for its planned Queensland coal mine, which it will now fund itself. But there are still many questions hanging over the project.
Liquid minerals containing sulfur behave like a hot knife through butter – they're so corrosive they can melt their way through solid rock.
Rural Westerners have been stereotyped as angry ranchers who hate government. But for every gun-wielding militia member, there are many others who work collaboratively to protect what they value.
Nauru is best known as a site of Australian offshore asylum detention. But everyone on the island - not just refugees - is struggling with the issue of environmental change that threatens their lives and homes.
Canada's proposed new environmental assessment law is facing heated, if not necessarily well-informed, opposition. The real question is whether it goes far enough.
African economies could benefit more from backward linkages to the mining industry than from beneficiation.
Trump's plan to slap $200 billion more in tariffs on Chinese goods is premised on yesterday's waste-fueled economy. Tomorrow's economy is 'circular.'
New coal mining operations could threaten
South Africa's Mapungubwe World Heritage Site.
Increased use of renewable energies could help curb climate change, but the water required for their production has dispossessed rural Guatemalans.
The coal seam gas industry and its regulators still have work to do in persuading local communities that old wells can be decommissioned without future problems, according to new CSIRO research.
It's not easy to get all those metals out of the ground.
The DRC's roads are a crucial space where conflict, illegal taxation, and conflict financing entangle.
Sapphires and rubies are both crystals of the mineral corundum - but with different impurities to create blue and red hues. Australian sapphires are renowned for being inky blue.
From the war on drugs to a crackdown on human rights and environmental activists, life for Filipinos is increasingly nightmarish.
Electric cars and smartphones have created growing demand – and volatile prices – for once obscure metals.
The devastating impact of mine closures could be avoided with economic and scientific interventions.
In 2016, Venezuela opened up a large swath of the country to mining in an effort to prop up its economy. Now it is paying the environmental price.
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Professor of Environmental Science, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering, RMIT University
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor of Energy and the Environment, University of Delaware (USA); Professorial Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne
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Deputy Director and Professor, Australia-China Relations Institute (ACRI), University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor Emeritus, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Geoenergy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Durham University
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Professor, Graduate School of Business, Curtin University
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Peter C. Doherty is a Friend of The Conversation.
Laureate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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retired, University of Western Australia
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Andrew Dempster is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research; Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW
