Mining companies with projects based in Greenland, the Arctic island at the center of a political firestorm between the U.S. and Europe, have seen share prices surge in 2026. Following the capture of ...

A volatile global order, intensifying climate extremes, and the race for critical minerals are reshaping mining in 2026. Geopolitics, investor expectations, and social tensions are converging on mines ...

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.

Saudi Arabia’s Maaden plans to invest $110 billion into metals and mining over the next decade, the latest move by the state-owned miner as it aggressively expands in the sector. The investment is ...

As Saudi Arabia accelerates its economic diversification under Vision 2030, the mining sector is emerging as a cornerstone of the Kingdom's new growth model. Saudi Arabia's commitment to expanding its ...

The toxic legacy of gold mining in the Amazon Rainforest could finance its own remediation while creating more than 200,000 jobs that transform illegal extraction into a regulated industry, a new ...

Tech investors are asking how a U.S. takeover of Greenland would affect the viability of critical minerals mining there, CNBC has been told. Critical Metals Corp, a company with a mining project in ...

Mining mergers are back in style. Rio Tinto, the industry’s fourth-most valuable company, has confirmed it is in talks to acquire Glencore, a Swiss competitor, and thus create the world’s biggest ...

Aerial view of Kansanshi Copper Mine in northern Zambia Photograph courtesy of FQM The journey from tawny earth to copper wire begins with an explosion. Or 2,697 explosions, to be precise. At the ...