A global metals selloff dragged down shares in companies ranging from Arizona copper miners to the world's largest gold producer to a silver firm with assets stretching from Alaska to Quebec. Although ...

Hycroft Mining is transitioning from a gold-focused explorer to a high-upside silver play, driven by promising drill results and surging silver prices. Hycroft Mining is debt-free after $235M in ...

For more than a decade, The Metals Company has poured millions of dollars into researching and developing technology for mining seafloors at extreme depths, funding scientific studies to evaluate the ...

Recent research shows that mining for minerals needed in the green energy transition takes an extensive toll on forests, soils, water, wildlife habitat and communities. Projections indicate that ...

ACCRA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at safeguarding water bodies and halting deforestation, the Ministry of ...

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ESTER, Alaska—At a mining site here, Rod Blakestad cracked open a shiny rock with his pick. He found quartz, a sign that the rock may contain gold. But Blakestad, a veteran gold hunter, tossed the ...

Scientists have discovered that deep-sea mining plumes can strip vital nutrition from the ocean’s twilight zone, replacing natural food with nutrient-poor sediment. The resulting “junk food” effect ...

Tony Sage, CEO of rare earths miner Critical Metals Corp, said the U.S.-listed firm has received “phenomenal” interest from the Middle East. His comments come as business leaders convene at Saudi ...

A new study indicates that deep-sea mining could threaten at least 30 species of sharks, rays and chimaeras, many of which are already at risk of extinction. The authors found that seabed sediment ...