Valued at up to approximately 600 billion yuan or US$83 billion, the discovery could be one of the largest and most lucrative ...

In the cold, lightless Pacific Ocean deep, the seabed is scattered with metal-rich rocks coveted by miners—and huge numbers ...

The Grasberg mine in Indonesia is the world's largest and richest gold mine, producing 48 tonnes of gold a year, and has reserves worth an estimated $40 billion.

Deep in the rugged mountains of Papua, Indonesia, one of the most astonishing mining operations on Earth continues to shape ...

China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands risks leaving the United States behind in critical minerals essential for energy, defense, and tech.

has been investigating the potential environmental impacts of deep-sea mining. Previous analyses of decade-old disturbance traces in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone and the Peru Basin indicate that ...

Deep in the Mojave National Preserve lies an old open pit mine where workers dug and drilled for gold and silver from the ...

"Without a Mining Code, the legal framework for deep-seabed mining in the Area (international seabed) would be incomplete," she said in written answers. That could open the door to significant ...

South Africa’s gold industry, once dominant, has collapsed due to rising costs, deep mining challenges, and global ...

Tokyo (AFP) – Rules for the emerging deep-sea mining sector should take a "precautionary approach" that protects the environment, the head of the body drafting regulations for the practice told ...

Deep in the Mojave National Preserve lies an old open pit mine where workers dug and drilled for gold and silver from the late 1800s to the 1990s. Miners are back at the Colosseum Mine today ...