Minerals and metals used in technologies enabling much of the global energy transition and their applications are relatively new and require thought and reporting that probes questions related to ...

In recent years, more people around the world have begun to encounter images of Congo’s suffering on their phones: a child emerging from a cobalt mine, a ...

A study published in Nature Reviews Biodiversity in September describes the extensive environmental toll of mining for ...

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

The journey of essential minerals from deep within the Earth to our advanced technologies is fraught with challenges ...

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

Australia’s rare earths deal with the US will expand production. Until now, much high-risk processing has been outsourced overseas. That will have to change.

SALT LAKE CITY — A tough new audit prepared for Utah legislative leaders finds taxpayers may not be getting all the money they're entitled to when it comes to mineral extraction on the Great Salt Lake ...

As holiday shopping ramps up, an El Paso human rights advocate urges consumers to research and avoid products tied to conflict minerals that fuel violence, exploitation, and humanitarian crises in the ...

THE domestic extraction of materials, which includes biomass, metal ores, non-metallic minerals and fossil fuels, rose 8.1% to 388.07 million metric tons (MMT) in 2024, according to the Philippine ...

The Idaho Department of Lands is currently taking registration forms for an upcoming auction of mineral rights on 120 acres of State-owned land near Emmett. The parcel of land which the State is ...