The surge in machinery patents is driven by the need for technological innovation to improve excavation processes.

Gold looks set to post its strongest yearly performance in 45 years after marking multiple record highs throughout 2024, with central-bank demand among the metal’s biggest drivers. Policy ...

Here’s hoping we haven’t got another Tyrell Lomax or Tamaiti Williams on our hands – because Chase Bunce would be a dangerous prospect in gold! As tempting as it would be to see what he ...

Great Southern Copper plc has announced that permitting and authorisation for drilling at its Cerro Negro prospect have been finalised with diamond drilling to commence at the Mostaza mine.

The United States tops the list with 8,133.46 tonnes of gold reserves, the largest in the world. These reserves are valued at approximately $687.73 billion, representing a staggering 74.16% of its ...

Her home town, Itaituba in Brazil’s northern Para state, is at the heart of the country’s illegal gold-mining trade, so a friend suggested raising the money by having sex with miners ...

To truly comprehend the scale of global gold mining, consider these fascinating visualizations: If all mined gold were consolidated into a single cube, it would measure just 22 meters on each side.

"A rush back into gold mining, at the expense of communities living atop the gold deposits, would be a prime example of that," he added. Signs of a possible resumption of mining activity first ...

It also has vast mineral wealth such as gold and diamonds. Mining is prohibited in protected areas, which includes the reserve, according to Congo’s mining code. Issa Aboubacar, a spokesperson for the ...

President Nayib Bukele has claimed that El Salvador is sitting on $3,000,000,000,000 of unmined gold. Bukele has revealed plans to submit a proposal to the Legislative Assembly, in order to 'repeal ...