Battery makers will hasten a shift away from cobalt if the metal’s price – boosted by export limits in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – goes even higher, said an executive at the biggest miner ...

Kentucky has sued Roblox, alleging that children are accessing violent simulation games on the popular gaming platform, including depictions of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, just weeks after the ...

Investor interest in gold has stayed strong, with increasing numbers of first-time buyers, despite record-high prices for the precious metal that topped $4,000 an ounce on Tuesday. Gold has rallied ...

Shares in small Canadian mining firm Trilogy Metals skyrocketed nearly 215% Tuesday after the US government said it would take a 10% stake in it. The partnership includes a $35.6 million investment in ...

The Trump administration on Monday announced two major steps aimed at boosting domestic access to critical minerals, including reversing a Biden-era decision, and taking a stake in a Canadian mining ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday ordered approval of a proposed 211-mile road through wilderness to the Ambler mining district in Northwest Alaska, to support mining of copper, cobalt, ...

The Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve, where the Ambler Road project would pass through, is visible from Ambler, Alaska, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag) WASHINGTON ...

FIRST ON FOX: Kentucky brought a civil lawsuit on Monday against Roblox alleging the massive gaming platform is not safe for children, joining a growing list of entities who have sued over similar ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, right, gave an overview of the project in the Oval Office on Oct. 6, 2025. Energy Secretary Christ Wright, on the other side of President Trump, also spoke highly of ...

High levels of SO2 can be made from burning coal or diesel-operated equipment. A major pollutant from mining fossil fuels has been linked to an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ...

The executive order also made the federal government a 10 percent shareholder in the mining company Trilogy Metals. By Maxine Joselow and Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington President Trump signed ...

The Trump administration’s Bureau of Land Management announced in mid-September it plans to again permit oil and gas drilling in federal wilderness areas that the Biden administration put off limits.