In a labyrinth of tunnels running beneath 4,000-metre peaks, Tajik miners are scrabbling to secure antimony, one of the metals at the centre of a worldwide race for rare minerals. The silver grey element, once best known as an ingredient…

Canada will review whether mining companies in Mexico are complying with the latter country’s environmental regulations to prevent further damage, following a bilateral meeting between President Claudia Sheinbaum and Prime Minister Mark Carney. The leaders met Thursday at the National…

A warning from one of the world’s largest copper producers of lower expected sales sent copper prices spiking and lifted mining shares in London and elsewhere. Freeport-McMoRan Inc (NYSE:FCX, ETR:FPMB), which accounts for around 8.5% of global mined copper, said it…

Boldyn and Nokia have deployed a private 5G network at Finland’s Callio FutureMINE, one of Europe’s deepest mining environments and a testbed for new technologies. Various industrial tech collaborators are also involved. In sum – what to know: Testbed –…

Precious metals have fascinated civilizations for thousands of years, admired not only for their beauty but also for their remarkable scientific qualities. Gold, silver, and platinum are unique among periodic table of elements: they resist corrosion, conduct energy efficiently, and…

Intel was once the crown jewel of Silicon Valley, despite giving us the occasional earnings scare. Today, it looks more like an aging heavyweight staggering through the late rounds, absorbing blows from faster, leaner rivals. But here’s the bigger question: if…

Felix Gold’s Treasure Creek project emerges as a near-term domestic source of this defense-critical metalloid. For more than a century, America has turned to the stibnite veins cutting across Treasure Creek north of Fairbanks, Alaska, when it needed a strategic…

Green Light Wisconsin says early results are encouraging, but environmental group says they’re very preliminary. Canadian mining company GreenLight Metals announced Monday that early drilling results confirm the presence of significant copper and gold at the Bend deposit in northern…