According to the team's results, mining undifferentiated asteroids (believed to be the progenitor of chondritic meteorites) ...

Norway's recent approval of deep-sea mining sets a precedent for other nations, as they seek to access critical minerals necessary for renewable energy technologies. While environmentalists and ...

Nodule collection vehicle. A nodule collection vehicle is ready to be launched from a mining ship. Credit: Global Sea Mineral Resources Nearly 150 years ago, scientists and sailors set out aboard the ...

Gold exploitation is usually carried out by large mining companies with dedicated subsidiaries. However, the exploration companies in charge of discovering the ore are usually small specialized ...

Many aspects of the Bitcoin mining industry are poorly understood and often misrepresented. But one practice in this sector stands apart for the misunderstandings and underappreciation that surround ...

The history of mining reflects the ongoing evolution of technology and human ingenuity in the pursuit of extracting valuable resources from the earth. Mining is the process of extracting valuable ...