Many people have assumed that the mining process of ancient copper production associated with the mines of King Solomon left ...

They found that pollution levels around the copper mining sites of the Timna Valley were extremely low—and concentrated only where there were once ancient smelting furnaces. "For instance ...

We found that pollution levels at the Timna copper mining sites are extremely low and confined to the locations of the ancient smelting furnaces. For instance, the concentration of lead — the ...

An aerial view of a tailings dam storing waste from a copper-mining operation ... and calculated the extent of pollution from them. Chemicals can leach from mining operations into soil and waterways.

We found that pollution levels at the Timna copper mining sites are extremely low and confined to the locations of the ancient smelting furnaces. "For instance, the concentration of lead—the ...

The mining operation would also destroy the Oak Flat area ... the Department of Environmental Quality renewed Resolution Copper’s pollution discharge permit in 2016 and has proposed another renewal ...

In announcing the study this week, TAU said more diplomatically that the new research overturned “prevailing scientific beliefs” that copper mining in antiquity created significant pollution ...

"We found that pollution levels at the Timna copper mining sites are extremely low and confined to the locations of the ancient smelting furnaces," Ben-Yosef explained, as reported by SciTechDaily.