Norway's recent approval of deep-sea mining sets a precedent for other nations, as they seek to access critical minerals necessary for renewable energy technologies. While environmentalists and ...

Nodule collection vehicle. A nodule collection vehicle is ready to be launched from a mining ship. Credit: Global Sea Mineral Resources Nearly 150 years ago, scientists and sailors set out aboard the ...

The major players in extracting lithium from brine include Albemarle, SQM, Livent, and, indirectly, Tianqi Lithium. The biggest players in lithium hard-rock mining are Tianqi, Albemarle, and Ganfeng ...

Bitmain has discounted several mining machines, including the Antminer S19 and S21 series, with some bundles even allowing ...

Many aspects of the Bitcoin mining industry are poorly understood and often misrepresented. But one practice in this sector stands apart for the misunderstandings and underappreciation that surround ...

Gold exploitation is usually carried out by large mining companies with dedicated subsidiaries. However, the exploration companies in charge of discovering the ore are usually small specialized ...

An oft-cited goal to combat climate change is to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Mining experts said reaching that goal would require a significant increase in the minerals produced ...

Some social data suggests that bitcoin mining is more popular than ever among retail participants as a surge in interest that started early last year continues, despite a market downtrend. Bitcoin is ...

No government agency publishes information about the number of open-pit mines domestically or globally. Nor is there a reliable public source of information about the dollar size of the open-pit ...