In case Microsoft Flight Simulator is a little too realistic for your tastes, there's a new way you can take to the virtual skies. Google Earth has a flight sim mode of its own, and it can now be ...

Google is giving you a free flight – with its new flight simulator app. The tech giant has added a free-to-play flight simulator within its Google Earth map software. What's so special about the ...

A Canadian deep-sea mining company may become the first to commercially mine the international seabed under a controversial U.S. executive order that bypasses United Nations regulations. A recent ...

Barrick aims to exit riskier regions, focusing on North America and divesting African assets Endeavour seen as strategic buyer for Barrick's Africa operations Potential deal would mirror Barrick's ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Mineral Mining Simulator Turns raw rock into valuable minerals and jewelry grade gemstones through a hands on production chain. Mine ore, crush it into ...

Your editorial “Minnesota’s Mining Liberation Act” (April 21) commends recent congressional action that ignored the warnings of a 2022 U.S. Forest Service environmental review to open more than ...

The Kawishiwi River flows June 12, 2019, near Ely, Minn. Twin Metals is proposing to build an underground copper-nickel mine near Ely, Minn. and close to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

MINNEAPOLIS — The U.S. Senate voted 50–49 Thursday to reverse a 20-year federal moratorium on mining near the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Social media has been flooded with questions and ...

In this image from Senate Television video, Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., speaks about the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota, on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 15 ...

In early February, environmental advocates warned followers on social media that a crucial vote to roll back a mine ban next to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness was imminent. “The bill to ...

A survey of mining records found dozens of requests for copper, manganese and nickel targeting land reform settlements in northern Brazil’s Carajás region in the last five years. The rush for critical ...

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 214-208 in favor of a bill that aims to overturn the Biden administration’s 20-year mining ban on 225,504 acres in Minnesota’s Superior National Forest — an ...