Deep in the Siberian wilderness sits the world’s largest diamond mine where ... one of the most productive diamond mines in the world. Focusing on open-pit mining, it has left a massive open ...

BHP, the world’s biggest mining company ... making it the oldest operating copper mine in North America. In sixth place is Cerro Verde in Peru, an open-pit copper and molybdenum mining complex ...

As global pressure builds to transition toward clean energy, the world’s copper mines are under increasing scrutiny. Copper ...

Plans for a massive open-pit mine threaten wild salmon and bears at two of ... of the Kvichak and Nushagak Rivers that flow into Bristol Bay, home to the world’s largest wild sockeye salmon run. Wild ...

Indonesia Gold Mines: Muslim countries are among some of the wealthiest in the world, primarily due to ... Earlier, the Grasberg mine was reliant on open-pit mining, but has now shifted to low ...