The US government has proposed adding copper, silver and potash to its list of critical minerals for the first time. The ...

The copper industry has been loudly pushing for critical-mineral status to reflect the metal’s importance to the economy and ...

The US Department of the Interior, through the US Geological Survey (USGS), has released the draft 2025 List of Critical ...

A new study has found the shocking level of waste in US mines that's holding back the entire American economy.

The Geological Survey, a branch of the U.S. Department of the Interior, released the draft list in the Federal Register and ...

Researchers led by Elizabeth Holley, an associate professor at the Colorado School of Mines, conducted a nationwide assessment of federally permitted metal mines. By combining mine ...

Monday morning, a preliminary 2.1 magnitude quake was registered close to Petrolia, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Following the opening of the new southern fissure, tiltmeters transitioned to showing deflationary motion typical of ...

"Our job is like being a bunch of ants crawling on an elephant trying to figure out how the elephant works," an observatory ...

The United States Geological Survey reports a major, preliminary magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck in the South Atlantic Ocean, prompting Chilean authorities to issue an advisory for a potential tsunami ...