JOHANNESBURG—For years, hundreds of illegal miners known locally as zama zamas prospected for gold on this patch of land on the outskirts of the city with hammers and chisels in hand-dug tunnels. Now, ...

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Our provincial and federal governments want to see more mines built quickly in B.C. as part of a broader strategy to expand export markets beyond the United States and boost production of critical ...

A $20 million agency project will aid companies prospecting the sea for critical minerals. By Eric Niiler and Sachi Kitajima Mulkey The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is shifting from ...

Latin America is entering 2026 with resources at the centre of a fast-moving geopolitical realignment, underscored by the US capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. For years, political risks for ...

British Columbia Premier David Eby will address about 7,000 representatives of the mineral-exploration industry on Monday and although this isn’t usually an NDP-friendly crowd, he can expect a warm ...

If you're looking for the next great investment theme, don't look at the shiny new gadgets; look at the stuff that makes them run: copper. It's the indispensable element of the global energy ...

Investing in African Mining Indaba 2026 returns to Cape Town from 9–12 February with a clear mission: to drive real change through real partnerships. Under the theme “Stronger Together: Progress ...

When the massive winter storm swept across the United States over the weekend, putting a freeze on power grids from Texas to the Midwest, a strange thing happened to the Bitcoin network: it slowed ...