Starcloud, an Nvidia-backed orbital data center startup, said it will connect Bitcoin ASICs to mine the cryptocurrency in space when its second spacecraft launches later this year.

Bitcoin’s BTC $74,074.35 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 ...

Environmentalists are sounding the alarm on the potential harm of a precious metals mine that could be built on the doorstep of Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Meanwhile, those who ...

TMC is aiming to harvest rocks containing critical metals from the seabed of the Pacific Ocean. MP Materials and USA Rare Earth are mining rare-earth metals and manufacturing permanent magnets. These ...

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 ...

Hecla Mining is a silver-focused precious metals miner. The rally in gold and silver has been a boon to the company's financial results. Like most precious metals miners, Hecla doesn't just produce ...

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), ...

Investors have been bullish on mining stocks, led by gold and silver's surges. However, appetite has cooled over the past six months, according to a Citi note that shows 'Buy' ratings have dipped. The ...

In the first three quarters of 2025, Latin America attracted 74% of global mining merger and acquisition value, primarily driven by its vast reserves of critical minerals and lower operating costs ...

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 ...

The landscape in Bangka Belitung, two islands off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, has been devastated by unregulated and industrial-scale mining. Credit: Nanang Sujana This article is ...