Rare earth elements are an easy-to-find, hard-to-refine resource critical for everything from magnets and electronics to ...

As President Donald Trump looks to boost oil production in Venezuela, another strategic resource could emerge: critical minerals.

As the demand for rare earth elements increases world-wide, so too do the mining activities associated with rare earth element extraction. Rare earth elements are listed as 15 elements on the periodic ...

RareX has secured a mining licence for its Cummins Range project in WA, clearing a major regulatory hurdle toward development ...

Greenland rare earth mining faces harsh climate, weak infrastructure and tough geology—limiting Trump’s supply-chain plans vs ...

In spring 1949, three prospectors armed with Geiger counters set out to hunt for treasure in the arid mountains of southern Nevada and southeastern California. In the previous century, those mountains ...

Gracelin Baskaran testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the need for the United States to develop a robust critical minerals supply chain that both sets ...

In the western Pacific Ocean lies the tiny isle of Minami-tori-shima, the easternmost territory of Japan. The triangular speck covers only one square mile, and due to an odd wall-like perimeter, most ...

Space mining often sounds like a fast route to endless metals. In practice, the first question is simple: what are small ...