Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles has resigned, eight months out from an election. Fyles, 45, held a snap press conference on Tuesday where she confirmed her intention to step …
The so-called ‘Ring of Fire’ in Ontario’s far north is expanding in size as mining claims spike in the area. More than 31,000 mining claims have been registered to date, …
Copper mines like Rio Tinto’s Bingham Canyon mine on the outskirts of Salt Lake City are on the frontline of America’s transition to clean energy. Global demand for copper, a …
Beijing – China’s booming electric vehicle industry is fueling a lithium rush in the Tibetan plateau that risks damaging the troubled region’s fragile ecology and deepening rights violations, according to …
Everyone’s into asteroids these days. Space agencies in Japan and the United States recently sent spacecraft to investigate, nudge, or bring back samples from these hurtling space rocks, and after …
Glencore will cease operations in Mt Isa at one of the biggest copper mines in the world from 2025. The multinational company has notified 1200 workers that after 60 years …
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has given the province 18 months to fix its mineral rights system after a court challenge by First Nations who claimed they were owed …
Seven years after it left for the near-Earth asteroid Bennu, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is returning with a celestial souvenir. On the morning of Sunday, September 24, as it passes by …
There are billions of tons and billions of dollars’ worth of critical minerals including nickel, copper, cobalt and manganese lying at the bottom of the seafloor. These metals are vital …
For its part, India next plans to partner with Japan on the Lunar Polar Exploration rover, or Lupex, which could launch as early as 2026 and will examine water deposits …