Although we often imagine the digital world that surrounds us to be as substanceless and immaterial as light – a notion the tech industry encourages by using terms such as “the cloud” – in fact it is ...

Mining and mineral processing of lithium also requires large volumes of water and can pose contamination risks from mine ...

Cobalt is a byproduct of nickel and copper mining. In recent years, cobalt has taken its place as one of the world’s most sought-after commodities due to its use in semiconductor chips and the ...

The northernmost gold mine from this period was located at Ghozza and operated during the second half of the third century ...

Democratic Republic of Congo, which is rich in cobalt, lithium and uranium among ... U.S. private sector investment in the DRC to develop mining resources in a responsible and transparent manner ...

Gécamines SA, Congo's state-owned mining company, has filed an application to acquire a division of Chemaf Resources Ltd. a few months after announcing its intention to block the sale of the copper ...

The Debswana Jwaneng Mine in Botswana, is the world's richest diamond mine by value, being worth about £1 billion. The mine is managed by Debswana, which is a joint collaboration between the ...

Bitcoin mining involves solving complex mathematical puzzles, validating transactions and securing the network. Miners compete to find the correct hash, adding new blocks to the blockchain and ...