Archaeologists preserve records of their excavations, but many are never analyzed. Digital archaeology is making these records more accessible and analyzing the data in new ways.

Renewable energy’s copper needs are beyond what copper mines can produce at the current rate, researchers report.

Extractive mining disrupts the balance of the planet’s ecosystems and is set to rise. Could urban mining or degrowth help curb unsustainable practices?

Hard rock minerals like gold, silver, copper and lithium on public lands belong to the American public, but under a 150-year-old law, the US gives them away for free.

Geochemical analyses on copper artifacts from southern Africa reveal centuries of previously unknown cultural connections in the region.

When wetland microbes don't get the copper they need, the result may have consequences for the environment.

Combing copper and a drug once used to treat alcoholism may offer a way to treat children with medulloblastoma, a common but deadly form of brain tumor.

Conservation or copper? A proposed mine in northern Minnesota pits industrial jobs against a thriving outdoor economy.