The Latest Breaking News from Mining

SEC filings show Bitmain gave firm partially owned by Eric Trump unusually generous terms on equipment

A United Nations letter to Colombia warns that mercury contamination from illegal gold mining in the Atrato River basin is causing a grave human rights crisis for Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities

Some of the world’s space agencies are getting ready for commercial activity on the Moon.

Gold just boomed past $4,000 per ounce for the first time ever. After raising red flags around gold's rally, Bank of America now sees the metal hitting $5,000.

The shot in an abandoned diamond mining town in Namibia took a decade to capture.

South African photographer Wim van den Heever has received this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his image of a brown hyena outside a ruined diamond mining town.

Gold’s 2025 rally has been nothing less than spectacular. A recent Thematic Research report by CFRA identifies the iShares MSCI Global Metals Mining Producers ETF (BATS:PICK) as having favorable implications, directing attention to its exposure to international metals and mining producers that are benefiting from the rise in gold prices.

Miners on Tuesday are gathering outside the Labor Department building to protest the Trump administration’s response to black lung.

As gold prices approach the unprecedented $4,200 mark, two mid-tier gold mining companies, Iamgold Corp. (NYSE:IAG) and SSR Mining Inc. (NASDAQ:SSRM), are not just riding the commodity rally; they are also showing notable improvement in their operational quality.