U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota has introduced legislation to permanently ban mining for copper, nickel and precious metals ...

The country is considering extending a restriction on cobalt exports to further push up prices. It’s not the only ...

In short, yes. But we have to actively work to avoid repeating the abuses of mining for coal and other fossil fuels.

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up ...

The federal government wants the number of offices that oversee U.S. mine safety laws to align more with a shrinking coal ...

Gold prices plunged by Rs 1,350 to Rs 93,000 per 10 grams, bringing an end to its five-day record rally, in the national capital on Friday amid weak trend in the international markets, according to ...