But new research based out of what some consider King Solomon’s fabled copper mines is upending that hypothesis. A new study of soil samples from two Timna-area mines in southern Israel ...

Copper production associated with the mines of the Biblical King Solomon may not have harmed the workers involved—nor present a threat to locals in the present day. This is the conclusion of a ...

"We inspected two major copper production sites in the Timna Valley, one from the Iron Age and King Solomon's era and another nearby that is about 1,500 years older," says Prof. Ben-Yosef. "Our ...

Rio Tinto is betting that U.S. President Donald Trump will finally give the green light to its giant copper mine in Arizona, ...