Analysts and traders slashed their gold price forecasts in a poll earlier this week.

Bacteria found in mines are able to transform toxic copper ions to stable single-atom metallic copper.

Cobalt is on the US government’s list of 35 critical elements that are essential to the country’s economy and national security.

The state's top court ordered the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to hold a new hearing regarding permits for a tailings dam facility at the proposed mine.

Port workers in Chile called a strike in response to a move by the government to block a bill allowing people to make a third round of early withdrawals from their pension funds.