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.

The U.S. House passed a resolution to repeal a 20-year ban on mining in Minnesota's Superior National Forest. Environmental groups oppose the measure, citing risks of toxic pollution to the nearby ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Commercial deep-sea mining seeks to harvest potato-sized "polymetallic nodules" containing cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese ...

The U.S. government is mulling investment into critical minerals mining projects run by mining company Amaroq, its CEO has told CNBC. Talks are ongoing and haven't been finalized, but deals could ...

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 ...

Scientific studies show substantial reductions in deep-sea biodiversity following mining tests, with impacts potentially lasting decades. Governments are split between environmental caution and the ...

The bill would restore a mining policy on public land that'd been blocked by a 2022 court decision. Nevada Democrats Steven Horsford and Catherine Cortez Masto support the bill while Susie Lee and ...

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ESTER, Alaska—At a mining site here, Rod Blakestad cracked open a shiny rock with his pick. He found quartz, a sign that the rock may contain gold. But Blakestad, a veteran gold hunter, tossed the ...

The United States and China are caught in a race to return to the Moon. The two superpowers are hoping to reach the lunar surface by 2028 and 2030, respectively, in a rivalry that could have sweeping ...