You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.
Iran has begun laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy chokepoint that carries about one-fifth of all crude oil, according to two people familiar with US intelligence ...
Draft law allows foreign, domestic firms to exploit gold, diamonds, rare earths New law is latest in package of US-backed changes following removal of President Maduro At least one opposition party ...
Burgum, Rodriguez cheer shared desire for investment Venezuela plans mining law reform to attract foreign investment Two dozen companies join visit March 4 (Reuters) - Venezuela's interim President ...
Leticia Carvalho heads a global authority that’s been struggling to set rules for a decade. President Trump’s aggressive push on ocean mining makes her task more urgent. Leticia Carvalho, the head of ...
FOR MOST of the past 30 years Western firms have been leaving rather than investing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, says Guy-Robert Lukama. The former chair of Gécamines, the main state-owned ...
Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Illegal gold mining is spreading into new parts of ...
Threat actors are abusing Pastebin comments to distribute a new ClickFix-style attack that tricks cryptocurrency users into executing malicious JavaScript in their browser, allowing attackers to ...
LOGAN, W.Va. — Greenbrier Minerals LLC has announced plans to idle seven mining operations in southern West Virginia in the months ahead and lay off 530 employees. The company issued a WARN notice ...
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 ...
Environmentalists are sounding the alarm on the potential harm of a precious metals mine that could be built on the doorstep of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Meanwhile, those who ...