The partnership would fall under the MINER program funded by the DOE via the Advanced Research Projects Agency.

The LME base metals index jumped by 10% in January as investors placed their bets on a resurgent Chinese economy.

Noises produced by mining the seabed could interfere with whales' ability to communicate with one another.

Freeport now expects its Q1 sales to be lower than the previous outlook of 900 million pounds of copper and 300,000 ounces of gold.

It’s far from clear whether a traditionally cautious mining industry will embrace the scale of investment needed to rewire the world.

Analysts estimate that the path to net zero may require digging up 5.2 billion metric tons of metals through 2050, which may be worth as much as $10 trillion.

The situation was under control, but the company gave no estimate of when operations would resume.

Rawbank forecast its lending to DRC’s mining industry will jump more than 20% to over $1 billion this year.