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

The mining waste generated in a single year in the United States contains enough lithium to manufacture 10 million electric ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...