Should everything go according to plan, ESA wants to launch the mission by 2025.
Crypto mining is using almost as much power as Greece
Bitcoin and Ethereum emit as much greenhouse gases as 6.8 million average European inhabitants
First deep-sea mining operation scheduled to start in 2019 — here are the bots that will do it
Whether you agree to the idea or not, the bots sure are awesome.
We may face a huge shortage of essential raw materials stiffling green energy if governments don’t step up their game
Mining is dirty work. But more to the point, it’s very slow to set-up.
Mining the moon: an entrepreneur’s vision
While the Earth is steadily being depleted of its natural resources, it might become imperative to look to the sky for alternatives. Studies so far alone has shown that the moon has twenty times more titanium and platinum than anywhere on Earth, along with helium 3, a rare isotope of helium, which is nonexistent on our planet, that many feel could be
Mining sulphur in an active volcano
Whenever you think you have the worst job ever, you definitely should think about the sulphur miners from Eastern Java, the men who treat poisoned lungs, burns, scars and constant danger as part of their everyday living. Each day, a few hundred men go deep in the heart of the Ijen volcano, with the sole purpose of collecting yellow lumps
Rare Earth minerals to be mined from the seafloor
The next step in prospecting and mining has always been a subject of speculation and theories, ever since the days of Jules Verne. For decades, an idea that flourished more and more was to gather up potato-sized magnanese nodules, rich in nickel, cobalt and manganese, that are very valuable in large quantities. The problem is that pretty much all the