New rules issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) require resource extraction issuers to disclose payments made to U.S. and foreign governments for the commercial development of ...

On February 14, 2017, President Trump approved Congress’ joint resolution to repeal the SEC’s resource extraction disclosure rule. That action effectively brings to a conclusion the SEC’s efforts to ...

This article is part of a five-piece series with David Luna, CEO and President of Luna Global Networks & Convergence Strategies LLC. Extracting natural resources can be a dirty business. At its worst, ...

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Today we’re looking at the ways resource extraction is impacting the people and the environment in one of the world’s most important tropical forest nations, the Democratic Republic of Congo. The ...

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Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have engineered a light-driven micromotor capable of ...

Materials use is growing by an average of more than 2.3 percent per year. Extraction of Earth's natural resources could surge 60 percent by 2060, imperiling climate goals and economic prosperity, the ...

Natural resource wealth doesn’t always lead to prosperity. A new study explores why resource-rich countries struggle with ...

The resource evaluation and subsequent extraction of dimension stones are critical for optimising quarry productivity while mitigating environmental impacts. Recent advances have focused on ...