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

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

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

Ice blocks drift past Tristen Pattee’s boat as he scans the banks of Northwest Alaska’s Kobuk River for caribou. His great ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

As demand for cobalt, nickel, and other critical minerals surges, governments and companies are eyeing the deep ocean floor.

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