Miners digging for world tech material are dying in Congo. Here’s why

A tunnel collapse at a rebel-run coltan mine in eastern Congo is feared to have killed at least 200 people, officials said.
Grist

Digging for minerals in the Pacific’s graveyard: The $20 trillion fight over who controls the seabed

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. It was produced by Grist and ...
Forbes

America May Want A Mining Renaissance, But Who’s Going To Do The Digging?

Anthony Milewski is the founder of The Oregon Group and an influential figure in the mining, metals and energy industries. America hasn’t just lost mining capacity—we’ve lost the very ecosystem that ...