Discover the significance of rare-earth elements, their applications in technology, and the global race for their resources.

A 25-year public-private partnership aimed at developing critical mineral value chains, establishing domestic refining capacity, strengthening workforce skills, and positioning the Central African ...

A recent drill survey has discovered what might be North America's largest-known deposit of so-called "critical minerals." ...

The world’s democracies cannot depend on the most powerful authoritarian state — and an increasingly aggressive one — for ...

Historically, lithium has been produced using two approaches: hard rock mining of spodumene deposits, as seen at the ...

The world reacted with alarm this year when Beijing introduced waves of export controls on rare earths, the minerals vital to the manufacturing of everything from cars to advanced electronics. For ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 23 The Washington Post on conservatism and free markets When American conservatives abandon free-market principles, there’s no ...

America’s ability to make precision-guided missiles was threatened during Trump’s tariff war. But experienced players have ...

If you’re keen on trying your hand at mining and potentially striking it rich with a high-value commodity, whether gold, ...

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have developed a new reactor that converts natural gas (a common energy source ...

Water is a key feature of energy production, both as an inconvenient byproduct and an essential input for fracking. Select ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...