The Metals Company wants to be the first firm to commercially mine the seafloor. The study it funded suggests that mining ...

One of the most attractive targets for deep sea mining advocates is the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ), a continent-sized ...

Barrick Mining Corporation one of the world’s largest gold and copper producers, has announced plans to evaluate an Initial ...

An ocean-mining company has funded some of the most comprehensive scientific studies to date, and peer-reviewed results have ...

Rare-earth elements help power our everyday electrical devices, and that’s because most batteries are made with minerals like ...

Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at safeguarding water bodies ...

Troilus Mining Corp. landed a deal that could help supply the development-stage firm with the electricity needed to restart a ...

Shares of major North American gold miners blasted to record highs on Thursday as the Fed's third consecutive interest-rate ...

A barbed wire fence blocks access to one of the roads built by Jindalee Resources, an Australia-based mining company that has ...

In Northwest Alaska, a proposed 211-mile mining road has divided an Inupiaq community already devastated by climate change.

Much remains to be known about the chemical composition of small asteroids. Their potential to harbor valuable metals, materials from the early solar system, and the possibility of obtaining a ...

West Virginia's New River Gorge National Park is home to a unique mining town, which, while long shuttered, is still open for ...