To obtain the copper ore, Resolution would use a method known as block cave mining, in which tunnels are drilled beneath the ore body, and then collapsed, leaving the ore to be moved to a crushing ...

Portsmouth-based Iron Mountain secured a $142 million contact with the U.S. Treasury less than three months after Elon Musk ...

Yet the U.S. depends heavily on imports for most critical materials. In 2024 the U.S. imported 80% of rare earth elements it used, 100% of gallium and natural graphite, and 48% to 76% of lithium, ...

Congo and Rwanda have submitted a draft peace proposal as part of a U.S.-led process that could end fighting in resource-rich ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Canadian company announced Tuesday that its U.S. subsidiary submitted applications to the ...

SURIGAO CITY—Suspended illegal mining operations in Barangays Mat-i and Mabini have quietly resumed, shocking residents and igniting fresh outrage in communities already burdened by ...

“By unilaterally pursuing mining in international waters in defiance of the rest of the world, the Administration is opening a door for other countries to do the same,” he said.

and companies are already lining up to mine U.S. waters. Impossible Metals earlier this month asked the administration to launch a commercial auction for access to deposits of nickel, cobalt and ...

A Connecticut family got a chance to see a bear have some fun on their backyard playset SIMSBURY, Conn. -- Sarah Loving had just returned home from lunch last Saturday with her husband and two ...

Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for minerals, saying it could irreparably harm marine ecosystems and ignores an ...

A data breach at Connecticut’s largest healthcare system Yale New Haven Health affects more than 5.5 million people, according to a legally required notice with the U.S. government’s health ...

Deep-sea mining is seen by the administration as another avenue for extracting rare-earth elements such as manganese, cobalt, nickel and copper, helping wean the U.S. off foreign suppliers and ...