The origin of turtles has puzzled scientists. A new study provides more evidence that these shelled reptiles share a common ancestor with crocodiles and birds. By Sara Novak Turtles are weird. They ...

The Climate-Smart Mining Initiative identifies four pillars that consist of thematic building blocks and cross-cutting themes that are at the core of a more responsible and sustainable mining sector.

A closer look at this subgroup of the basic materials sector and some of the best metals stocks to invest in. Mining stocks are publicly traded companies that find, extract, and process the raw ...

An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of ...

Latin America Seeks to Transform its Mineral Wealth into Jobs and Development https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2026/07/13/latin-america-seeks-to-transform ...

On Wall Street, copper has the nickname Dr. Copper, as if it had an advanced economics degree and could predict where the economy is going. That's because copper is used in a wide variety of goods ...

Metal exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are investment funds that hold shares of metal mining companies or invest in metal futures contracts. Metals are the crucial raw materials behind infrastructure, ...