Platinum and coal have outpaced gold in terms of people employed in South Africa. The country has more than 80% of the ...

President Donald Trump is moving to open more of the nation to mineral mining and processing. Conservationist groups are ...

A new coal mine could be moving into a small town in Carbon County. Some residents feel it would not be compatible with ...

But there could be a more sinister contributing factor. Ghana’s illegal gold mining sector, locally called ‘galamsey’, is ...

With gold prices setting records almost daily and copper prices nearing all-time highs, U.S. mining stocks got another lift on Thursday after ...

New Zealand wants the global investment community to know it is open for business, Minister for Resources Shane Jones said at ...

Open-cast mining, where coal is dug out of the ground through a giant, open pit, destroys habitats. South Africa has many of ...

The Trump administration approved a plan to expand a Montana coal mine and extend its life by 16 years, the Interior ...

Indonesia is considering raising royalties paid by mining companies from commodities like coal, nickel, copper, gold and tin.

Equinox Gold and Calibre Mining plan a merger to form a major gold producer, targeting 950,000 ounces annually, driven by ...