Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The strike means that underground tours at the museum have been halted [National Coal Mining Museum] About 40 workers at the ...

About 40 workers at the National Coal Mining Museum have voted to remain on strike until June, a union has said. Members of Unison at the museum in Wakefield walked out on 20 August calling for higher ...

BitVentures has launched a US-based crypto mining operation weeks after rebranding, marking its first operational move into digital assets after years of losses. BitVentures Limited has entered the ...

A global metals selloff dragged down shares in companies ranging from Arizona copper miners to the world's largest gold producer to a silver firm with assets stretching from Alaska to Quebec. Although ...

Hycroft Mining is transitioning from a gold-focused explorer to a high-upside silver play, driven by promising drill results and surging silver prices. Hycroft Mining is debt-free after $235M in ...

The federal government said it would hold hearings next month on controversial applications to mine the ocean floor. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it had ...

For more than a decade, The Metals Company has poured millions of dollars into researching and developing technology for mining seafloors at extreme depths, funding scientific studies to evaluate the ...

The global competition for critical minerals has intensified as Chinese mining companies have accelerated their international acquisitions, marking the busiest year for overseas deals in over a decade ...

ACCRA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Ghana has banned mining in forest reserves as part of sweeping environmental protections aimed at safeguarding water bodies and halting deforestation, the Ministry of ...

The surge in gold prices is driving a rapid expansion in informal and unregulated gold mining that is often illegal and ecologically destructive, according to the World Gold Council. Artisinal and ...

Satellite analysis has identified 517 suspected riverbank mines in Laos, many likely illegal, with clusters along key Mekong tributaries, raising fears of widespread, unmonitored contamination.