You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to ...

Renewable technologies need a multitude of critical minerals. The seabed could supply these riches. But at what cost?

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...

In the middle of the Mojave Desert, just off Interstate 15 between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, sits the Mountain Pass mine. Surrounded by a high plateau of pale rock and desert scrub, this ...

Three American companies are rebuilding the rare-earth supply chain in North America as U.S. defense policy pushes industry to eliminate dependence on Chinese materials.

This one drops visitors deep beneath the surface, into the cool, shadowy world of a real working mine where history stops being something you read about and starts becoming something you can actually ...

DONALD Trump’s forces have unleashed a powerful barrage of bunker-buster bombs on Iranian missile sites. They were hammered ...

The company is looking to mine the deep-sea ocean floor for mineral-rich rocks, but it faces hurdles before it can begin.

The northwestern corner of New Jersey is often considered the quietest one. You’re far away from any major cities, as far as you can get from the Jersey Shore, and surrounded by mountains and sleepy ...

A discovery measured in billions, not ounces Every so often, a single geological discovery forces markets, miners, and policymakers to redraw their assumptions about what is still left in the ground.

Johannesburg, South Africa, earned the title 'Gold Capital of the World' after a massive gold rush in 1886. Located over the Witwatersrand Basin, it holds Earth's richest gold deposits, producing 40% ...

Scientists discovered that Greenland’s ice sheet may be slowly churning deep below the surface, revealing a hidden process ...