I'm just a tiny mining droid trying to carve an upward path through the brutalist monolith that dominates the skyline. Not ...

The combustible sedimentary rock, better known as coal, was not only crucial to the onset of advanced technology here on Earth, but it should also be key to the development of advanced E.T.s residing ...

In the 1860s, white settlers flocked to what would become Marysvale, where the Deer Trail Mine is now located, with high ...

Depressed copper prices in the 1920s and ’30s saw the eventual closure of mining operations in the Silver Bell district. The nearby Sasco smelter had shut down by 1921 and the Sasco townsite was ...

Power shovels used to excavate the earth have proved essential to the mining industry, including open-pit and coal mining in the United States, for 150 years. Made up of a boom, dipper stick and ...

Astrobiologists propose that alien civilizations need accessible coal deposits to industrialize exoplanets and become detectable from Earth.

The Beehive State is the only domestic producer of magnesium metal and beryllium concentrate; it produces more than 55% of the latter’s global production. Utah is also one of two states that produce ...

Rare earth elements sit at the heart of everything from iPhone speakers to wind turbines, yet the world’s supply chain still runs through a narrow geopolitical funnel. Currently, China controls ...

This photo shows two men examining shredded material from Li-ion battery recycling. In a battery-recycling pilot plant near Vancouver, British Columbia, American Manganese engineers examine shredded ...

Inside Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's administration, officials are doubling down on his contentious growth and spending policies, despite recent moves from global financial agencies that ...