In Bolivia, protests led by miners have entered a second week, with police forces on Tuesday firing tear gas at demonstrators in the capital La Paz. Protesters have condemned new austerity measures ...

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian miners set off dynamite sticks and launched fireworks at police on Tuesday, the eighth consecutive day of protests against economic reforms decreed by incoming ...

Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) shares rose 34% year-to-date as copper hit $12,000 per ton on the London Metal Exchange. Freeport’s Grasberg mine in Indonesia remains halted until Q2 2026 after a fatal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Korok Ray is a PhD economist/professor who researches/teaches Bitcoin. Bitcoin mining looks like a heavy industrial process—rows ...

Structural buying trends associated with central banks and fundamental shifts in the global macroeconomic environment have fueled gold’s record rally in 2025. We believe such factors are likely to ...

The crypto downturn has pushed a slew of Bitcoin miners to the brink of unprofitability, prompting operators to scale back the energy-hungry machines that keep the blockchain running. A closely ...

One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a metal gate, I watched a bright yellow excavator claw at the ...

Traditionally, thieves usually targeted some form of tangible good — whether it’s physical or digital currency, jewelry, or a car. But when it comes to mining cryptocurrencies, things get a little ...

Coal miners argue the Biden-era rule would protect younger workers facing a scourge of deadly diseases caused by silica dust. The Trump administration is having second thoughts. The Trump ...

Bitcoin BTC $93,097.58 mining is experiencing a significant revival in China even though the activity was formally banned in 2021, according to Reuters. After almost disappearing from the global ...

Major mining stocks dropped 20%–50% this week, erasing billions in value as the sector continued to lag Bitcoin’s latest pullback. Publicly traded Bitcoin mining companies had a tough week, with ...

Arvin Hanshaw, of Summersville, W.Va., wears a hat with a miner silhouetted by the state of West Virginia, as he joins a group going to Washington, D.C., to protest the government's delay of the ...