The Latest Breaking News from Mining

Gold industry’s future prospects remain robust amid rising prices and diverse applications, supported by rising possibilities of interest rate cuts. Also, amid the macroeconomic uncertainties, it could be wise to buy quality gold stocks AngloGold Ashanti (AU), Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), and Barrick Gold (GOLD) as hedges. Continue reading.

Asteroid-mining startup AstroForge plans to launch its third mission, which will land on a metallic space rock, in 2025.

Betty Jean Hall, an Appalachian attorney and federal administrative judge who paved the way for women to enter the coal mining workforce, has died

With a newly elected leader, the International Seabed Authority must decide the future of more than half of the wor

Government’s push to fast-track projects in NZ stirs fears deep-sea mining off Taranaki, long opposed by the community, could go ahead

Uranium is a heavy metal that occurs naturally in the earth’s crust and seawater. Uranium is found in many ores and is about 1,000 times more abundant than gold.

Workers at the world's largest copper mine in Chile suspended a strike launched earlier this week and restarted negotiations with Australian mining giant BHP, the union and management announced Friday.

Progress on developing a mine centred on Australia's largest undeveloped silver deposit has been stopped after a community group's success in a top court.

The Queensland government has struck a deal with mining giant Rio Tinto to keep a major aluminium smelter open but the question of cost remains.