Washington became the 42nd state in 1889. Now, both of its U.S. senators want to see the other Washington — D.C., that is — get granted statehood, too.

Miners compete to find the correct hash, adding new blocks to the blockchain and earning rewards in the form of newly minted Bitcoin (BTC). Notably, a new Bitcoin block is mined every 10 minutes ...

In today’s news update, Saps condemned “misinformation” regarding the Stilfontein rescue efforts of illegal miners, while ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine, where ...

Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday ...

Every miner has unloved assets to offload, and areas where they want to bulk up. But like mining projects themselves, deals look simpler from space. In reality, putting big producers together is hard.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A miner is transported on a stretcher by rescue workers after he was rescued from below ground in an ...

STILFONTEIN, South Africa — The death toll in a months-long standoff between police and miners trapped while working illegally in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa has risen to at least 87 ...

Zinzi Tom did not celebrate Christmas in December. Her brother was trapped more than two kilometres underground in Shaft 11 of the Stilfontein mine, along with hundreds of other illegal miners.She ...

More than 250 illegal miners have been retrieved since the start of phase three this week, with 78 dead bodies being recovered. Rescuers use a Metalliferous Mobile Rescue Winder during a rescue ...

They differ significantly in terms of their structure, control, and implications for the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In a decentralized mining system, multiple independent participants, often referred ...

An ongoing dispute over ownership stakes in Barrick's operation in Mali has led to the arrest of mining officials, the government's gold seizure and the company's shutdown of its mine For years ...