Human Rights Watch and Earthworks are pushing for strong government regulation of mining to protect communities and the ...

Canadian miner Barrick Gold has signed a new agreement with the Malian government to end an almost two-year-old dispute over ...

Russia, like U.S. President Donald Trump, covets Ukraine's natural resources - and on the ground its forces are closing in on ...

Russian authorities have conducted a raid on illegal crypto mining after its national power supplier, Rossetti, announced ...

Norilsk, Russia, the world's most depressing city, faces extreme cold, isolation, heavy pollution, and a tragic Gulag history, making life harsh for its 175,000 residents.

Norilsk is said to be the coldest inhabited city on the face of the earth, and has been historically quite prosperous due to ...

Deep in the Arctic Circle lies Norilsk, a Russian city so harsh and unwelcoming that tourists are banned from visiting. Known ...

This city was built around a former prison where thousand of people died, and the life expectancy is 10 years lower than the ...