China needs to have better technology and a bigger say in the international maritime order if it is to win the global deep-sea mining race for critical minerals, according to a senior official from the Ministry of Natural Resources. In an article…

For the first time ever the price of an ounce of gold went above $4,000 this week. The price has shot up by 50% since the start of the year. Bitcoin’s a cyberslacker by comparison. It’s only gone up 30%…

Ambler Mining District contains copper, cobalt, gallium needed to reduce China dependence. The Trump administration on Monday announced the approval of a mining project in Alaska and took a stake in a Canadian company that will potentially develop portions of…

The National Union of Mining, Metallurgical, Steel, and Related Workers of the Mexican Republic considered it urgent to publish secondary laws regulating exploration and environmental remediation in the mining industry, given the sector’s stagnation and the decline in investment in…

For decades, it’s been known that subtle chemical patterns exist in metal alloys, but researchers thought they were too minor to matter — or that they got erased during manufacturing. However, recent studies have shown that in laboratory settings, these…

Environmental groups are knocking the Trump administration’s decision to open thousands of acres for coal mining that are a stone’s throw away from beloved public lands like Zion, Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef national parks. The lease announcements came last…

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has now restricted exports of 12 rare earths, adding holmium, erbium, thulium, europium and ytterbium. China has broadened its export restrictions on rare earth elements by including five additional elements under the new regulations. Furthermore,…

Political uncertainty ahead of Argentina’s October midterm elections is holding back investment decisions in the mining sector, the country’s main industry group said on Thursday, warning that instability and unclear policy signals are delaying project development. “No one is going…