The gold unit of Zijin Mining Group Co. will acquire a controlling stake in Chifeng Jilong Gold Mining Co. for 18.26 billion yuan ($2.64 billion), cementing the group’s status as China’s top miner of ...

CASCADE, Iowa (KCRG) — A bitcoin mining company plans to build in Cascade, a move backed by the local economic development corporation. Simple Mining, a Cedar Falls-based company, plans to build on ...

The arrangement could signal a fracture in the decades-long effort among nations to reach consensus on how to mine the ocean floor while protecting ecosystems. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey The United ...

The lithium mine Zijin Mining Group Co. plans to open this year in the Democratic Republic of Congo is set to be one of the world’s biggest suppliers of the battery metal. The Chinese company – which ...

VATICAN CITY, March 20 (Reuters) - The Vatican on Friday launched an international project encouraging disinvestment from the mining sector, in an unusual initiative by the Catholic Church to steer ...

Gold fell sharply on Monday morning as investors continued to ditch the yellow metal as a safe haven trade amid the ongoing war in Iran. That move lower has second-order effects for the prospects of ...

Even as the race to mine the ocean floor for important minerals intensifies, an international body tasked with regulating the emerging industry ended a key global meeting this week without a new ...

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Exclusive: Pacific island’s new leader Lord Fakafānua discusses ‘exciting’ US partnership as critics fear impacts of seabed exploration The recently elected leader of Tonga has described a deal to ...

Amid Prime Minister Mark Carney’s calls that the Canada-U.S. relationship is ruptured, Ottawa has committed $175 million to a mining project in northern Quebec whose major U.S. investor is closely ...