Bitcoin’s BTC $71,150.61 mining difficulty dropped by around 11%, its largest decline since China’s 2021 crackdown on the industry, after a sharp decline in hashrate triggered by plunging prices and ...

It’s the latest twist in the controversial global race to mine the deep sea for rare-earth elements and other valuable resources. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Japan said it has taken a significant step in ...

Rio Tinto (ASX; LON; NYSE: RIO) and Glencore (LON: GLEN) have scrapped plans for a mega-merger that would have created the world’s largest mining company with a combined value of $232 billion as of ...

A US government-backed group’s plan to take stakes in Glencore Plc’s Congolese copper operations could be the first step in creating an American company to accumulate mining assets in Africa. Orion ...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 214-208 in favor of a bill that aims to overturn the Biden administration’s 20-year mining ban on 225,504 acres in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest — an ...

A tiny mining town in western North Carolina was among those battered by Hurricane Helene — and the damage could have serious implications for the massive tech-industry supply chain that relies on it.

United States Vice President JD Vance has proposed creating a new critical mineral trading bloc and coordinating pricing floors as Washington tries to loosen China’s control over rare earth mineral ...

Potential merge to creating the world's largest mining firm as copper soars in price This combination of file images made on January 8, 2026, shows (top) the logo of commodity trading and mining ...

The stratospheric run of gold has encouraged Evolution Mining to expand production in NSW, as the $30 billion miner rewarded investors with a bumper dividend after posting record first-half results.

After weeks of talks mining companies say they cannot reach a deal that delivers value for shareholders Rio Tinto and Glencore have abandoned plans for a $260bn merger, walking away from a deal that ...

Stephen Grootes speaks to Zeineb El Sayed, Mining Indaba Director of Government and Institutional partnerships about the dominant themes and early signals emerging from discussions, and what ...

Mexican authorities said Monday that five of the 10 missing workers from a mine operated by a Canadian company in the northwestern state of Sinaloa have been identified among 10 bodies found in ...