At a congressional hearing, one executive welcomed President Trump’s “starting gun” to begin mining. Democrats and ...

There is currently no commercial deep-sea mining happening anywhere in the world, though companies have been pushing for years. They appear to have found a new champion in Trump.

Rare earth elements are tiny yet essential parts of many of the technologies you use every day. New techniques are making ...

Cobalt is a byproduct of nickel and copper mining. In recent years, cobalt has taken its place as one of the world’s most sought-after commodities due to its use in semiconductor chips and the ...

The Metals Company, which has been trying for years to exploit battery materials strewn across the ocean floor, announced ...

Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international ...

Mining of these rock-like nodules was the topic of discussion of experts and industry representatives gathered in Tempe on April 25.

DRC has offered US access to its vast mineral wealth as part of a broader plan to end violence in the country’s east, where ...

President Donald Trump is trying to fast track a brand new, highly controversial industry – mining critical minerals in the ...

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that aims to jump-start mining on the ocean floor. Large-scale deep sea mining has never been done — though some companies have pushed for it — ...

Impossible Metals earlier this month asked the administration to launch a commercial auction for access to deposits of nickel, cobalt ... on 10 mining projects across the United States and ...