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.

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It’s a little-known fact that Columbia University, in Manhattan, was home to the first mining school in America—the School of Mines—founded in 1864. For the past three decades, the university’s ...

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Hycroft Mining Holding Corporation recently reported initial results from its 2025–2026 exploration program at the Hycroft Mine in Nevada, highlighting the highest silver grades yet from the Vortex ...

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Revoked permits cover gold, iron ore, bauxite, uranium, rare earths Mines ministry says affected firms non-compliant Mining sector disruption could impact foreign investment ACCRA, Oct 29 (Reuters) - ...

On Indonesia’s Buru Island, eucalyptus farmer Mahani switched professions and became a gold miner to make more money. He is just one of many who joined a gold rush. In 2011, gold was found on the ...

At the northern edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert sits a pile of rocks that’s so big that you can see it from space—and it’s teeming with invisible activity. Billions of microbes are hard at work ...