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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 ...

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Bitcoin’s BTC $66,868.23 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 ...

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 ...

TMC is aiming to harvest rocks containing critical metals from the seabed of the Pacific Ocean. MP Materials and USA Rare Earth are mining rare-earth metals and manufacturing permanent magnets. These ...

Tether has unveiled MiningOS (MOS) as part of a broader push to reduce the industry’s reliance on proprietary, vendor-controlled software. Tether has open-sourced a new operating system for bitcoin ...

It is not realistic to expect similar gains also in 2026, as the gold, silver, and copper prices will most probably ease the pace of growth (and possibly even give up a portion of the 2025 gains), ...

Investors have been bullish on mining stocks, led by gold and silver's surges. However, appetite has cooled over the past six months, according to a Citi note that shows 'Buy' ratings have dipped. The ...

JOHANNESBURG—For years, hundreds of illegal miners known locally as zama zamas prospected for gold on this patch of land on the outskirts of the city with hammers and chisels in hand-dug tunnels. Now, ...

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 ...

In the first three quarters of 2025, Latin America attracted 74% of global mining merger and acquisition value, primarily driven by its vast reserves of critical minerals and lower operating costs ...