President Donald Trump spent most of 2025 hacking away at large parts of the federal government. His administration fired, ...

The U.S. government is advancing its intention to lease offshore seabeds in federal waters for critical mineral extraction ...

President Donald Trump’s focus on securing the domestic rare earth minerals market puts the White House in a bind: Does it ...

Canada’s Critical Minerals Strategy, the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and international mineral security partnerships aren’t ...

The distribution is highly uneven. China alone holds nearly half of the global total, followed by Brazil’s sizable deposits.

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

TMC the metals company stands to benefit from NOAA certification, which provides a regulatory backstop and enhances project ...

But a new report suggests that the Pentagon is engaging with the issue in one serious way: As it stockpiles dozens of ...

(Tecumseh) -- Excavation work is expected to begin early next year on a rare earth minerals mine in southeast Nebraska.

Researchers found that U.S. metal mines already contain large amounts of critical minerals that are mostly going unused.

Scientists have uncovered new details explaining why iron oxide minerals are such effective long-term carbon traps in soils.

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