Kari Byron, former MythBusters host and STEM advocate, will kick off the 49th annual Engineers Week at South Dakota Mines with a Feb. 17 presentation, launching a week of STEM events for students and ...

The South African mining sector is facing a growing skills drain as the country's technical workforce ages, top engineering talent head overseas, and the tertiary-to-industry pipeline needs fixing.

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It’s a little-known fact that Columbia University, in Manhattan, was home to the first mining school in America—the School of Mines—founded in 1864. For the past three decades, the university’s ...

A version of this story first appeared on Minnesota Public Radio. Hundreds of people stood in a long line that snaked outside the offices of Mesabi Metallics in Nashwauk, Minnesota, last month, ...

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These days, the mining industry is playing a crucial role in the transition to net-zero greenhouse emissions. Materials such as lithium and copper are keys to building stronger power grids and ...

Project opponents say the proposed Ambler Road would threaten populations of fish and caribou that are key food sources in the area. October 14, 2025 A proposed project to build Ambler Road, a private ...

In the dust-choked quarries of Kenya’s coastal region, a young Khadija Omar watched miners return home each day, their clothes and lungs filled with the fine, gritty residue of hard labour. Troubled ...

America already mines all the critical minerals it needs for energy, defense, and technology, but most are being wasted as mine tailings. Researchers discovered that minerals like cobalt, germanium, ...