Underwater find near Istanbul confirms Aristotle’s account of a 2,300-year-old copper mine linked to Greek art, religion, and trade.

DULUTH, Minn. — Toxic runoff from an old test mine in northeastern Minnesota may threaten nearby lakes and streams, an environmental group warned. Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness said it ...

(Bloomberg) -- Carved into a mountain range in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, where temperatures often reach 118F (48C), a vast mining complex more than a century old is on the front lines of a race to ...

The Trump administration has now put the Oak Flat copper mine on the fast track for permit approval, a day after moving to push ahead with a land swap. A federal agency that oversees and supports ...

Carrying eagle feathers and chanting prayers, Western Apache runners hit the road on a roughly 80-mile journey this month to try to save their sacred land from being fast-tracked by President Donald ...

Copper has endured as a linchpin of Arizona's economy since the territorial days. Arizona produces three-quarters of America's copper, valued at $6 billion a year, and the industry employs thousands ...

Wealthy nations’ surging appetite for metals has fueled a flurry of plans to mine in wilderness around the world, including ...

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