Earlier in this series, we made the case for copper being “the metal that built technology.” Some readers took issue with that statement, noting correctly that meteoric iron and gold were worked long ...

The Okefenokee Swamp is considered one of the most unique ecosystems in the world, but it could be threatened by a mine that a company wants to build less than three miles from the wildlife refuge.

Georgia environmental regulators released draft permits Friday for a titanium mine planned less than three miles from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge, putting the controversial project one ...

A company pursuing permits to mine for titanium on the doorstep of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge says their project will bring badly needed, good-paying jobs to rural south Georgia. But some ...

CHARLTON COUNTY, Georgia — Twin Pines Minerals, LLC is one big step closer to building a mine near the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp and a federally protected wildlife refuge. The facility will be ...

The extractor’s part-rusting mechanical arm winds out over the frozen ground, over a sprawling lunar landscape of unnatural colors. The mining of titanium has a greater urgency than ever, here in ...

Base Titanium will shut down its operations at its current mine in Kwale County, with the mine coming to the end of its lifecycle. The company said in a statement Wednesday exploration in surrounding ...

The Moma mine contains deposits of heavy minerals that include the titanium minerals ilmenite and rutile, as well as the zirconium silicate mineral, zircon. Mining is principally undertaken using ...

It looks like the surface of an alien planet. Giant, pointed mounds of soil form ridges around huge frozen ponds across a vast landscape of sandy earth and enormous craters. As if borrowed from the ...