Japan embarks Sunday on what it says is the world's first bid to tap deep sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 metres -- ...

Tokyo set to make world’s first attempt to continuously lift rare-earth-rich mud from a depth of around 6,000m ...

Gold has risen to record levels in the past year, helped by demand from exchange traded funds that track the yellow metal.

Gold and gold miners have a high hurdle to cross in 2026 after a very strong 2025, but there is reason to be optimistic ...

Japan launched a groundbreaking deep-sea mining trial, marking the world's first attempt to extract rare earth ...

China’s export restrictions echo a similar move by Beijing in 2010, when it sharply cut rare earth shipments to Japan ...

Glencore shares rose almost 9% on Friday following news it is in talks with Rio Tinto , about a potential takeover that would ...

The Trump administration and U.S. Congress are launching a plan this week to overturn former President Joe Biden's mining ban ...

New method can extract precious metals from old mobile phones, computers and home appliances in less than 20 minutes.

Glencore and Rio Tinto have restarted talks over a potential megamerger to create the world’s largest mining company, nearly ...

China has successfully developed a moon robot with both limbs and wheels—presumably to be used to extract resources from the ...

FTSE 100 miners Rio Tinto and Glencore are in talks to create a City powerhouse with a whopping £190bn merger floated in ...