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TL;DR: For $59.99 (MSRP $149.99), you can get a plug-and-play Bitcoin “ticket miner” that gives you a small but real chance at solo-mining a full block reward. Most low-cost crypto…
The U.S. Department of the Interior said Tuesday that it’s beginning the process of selling deep-sea mining leases after a request from startup Impossible Metals. The agency said the process…
Far be it from me to engage in a little schadenfreude… Actually, no. I really enjoy telling you about this one, as someone who needed a new graphics card at…
Finding new sources of critical minerals is a costly business. Worldwide, companies spent $12 to $13 billion on exploration in 2023. The upshot: mining is the definition of a hit-or-miss…
Featured Podcasts Techmeme Ride Home: Why COULDN’T Apple Make An iPhone In The US? The day’s tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you’re up to date.…
Last summer, mining startup KoBold made a splash when it said it had discovered in Zambia one of the world’s largest copper deposits in more than a decade. Now, another…
Critical minerals are the new oil: everyone needs them, but not every country has them. That’s led some to search for them in some pretty wild places. And few places…
NASA and the space industry are in agreement: if we want to establish a permanent human presence on the moon, we’ll need to make use of every native resource we…
Earlier this year, BASF had to delay the opening of a battery materials plant in Finland when a court agreed with environmental groups that the company didn’t have a good…