Desperate to break China’s grip on critical minerals, the Trump administration is splashing cash around the world ...

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Bitcoin’s BTC $71,150.61 mining difficulty dropped by around 11%, its largest decline since China’s 2021 crackdown on the industry, after a sharp decline in hashrate triggered by plunging prices and ...

Tether has unveiled MiningOS (MOS) as part of a broader push to reduce the industry’s reliance on proprietary, vendor-controlled software. Tether has open-sourced a new operating system for bitcoin ...

Gold prices plunged today after President Trump nominated Kevin Warsh to be the next Chair of the Federal Reserve. Warsh is thought to be the more "mainstream" candidate who will more likely than not ...

It is not realistic to expect similar gains also in 2026, as the gold, silver, and copper prices will most probably ease the pace of growth (and possibly even give up a portion of the 2025 gains), ...

JOHANNESBURG—For years, hundreds of illegal miners known locally as zama zamas prospected for gold on this patch of land on the outskirts of the city with hammers and chisels in hand-dug tunnels. Now, ...

President Donald Trump’s desire to claim Greenland for the U.S. has thrust the island’s wealth of natural resources firmly into the spotlight. But while geopolitical chatter can make it sound as ...

Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House ...

The Trump administration is accelerating the permitting timeline for deep-seabed mining applications. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) unveiled revisions to the regulatory ...