A US firm says it has launched a bid for deep-sea mining in the waters off a remote Pacific island, urging regulators to greenlight its foray into the contentious emerging industry. The United ...

No country has mined in the high seas, but several countries, including Brazil, China, and the Cook Islands are supportive of deep-sea mining in their own economic zones. The U.S. has not signed ...

An aerial view of dredges at an illegal gold mining area in the Amazon region of Peru. Ernesto Benavides / AFP via Getty Images Gold mining has ramped up across the Amazon rainforest in recent ...

Three Alaska Native tribes have filed a lawsuit to overturn the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit granted to a company ...

Why might the U.S. be interested in deep-sea mining, and what are the environmental risks? Here's what you need to know.

Deep-sea mining (DSM) not only poses significant environmental, social, and economic risks that may have far-reaching ...

is envisioning annual gold production of 280,000-320,000 oz. over the next two fiscal years from the Telfer mine, which it bought from Newmont (TSX: NGT) last fall. This production target ...

The acquisition of Newmont Corporation’s Akyem Gold Mine by Chinese firm Zijin Mining Group Co. for $1 billion has been finalized. According to reports, the deal executed through Zijin’s ...

Deep-sea mining (DSM) not only poses significant environmental, social, and economic risks that may have far-reaching implications for coastal communities and Small Island Developing States (SIDS ...

Miners in DeLamar in the late 1800s. A Canadian mining company hopes to revive gold and silver mining operations there. Idaho State Historical Society A Canadian mining company earlier this month ...