Every time you use your phone, open your computer or listen to your favorite music on AirPods, you are relying on critical minerals. These materials are the tiny building blocks powering modern life.

The federal government is updating the region’s geological maps to expand the search for critical minerals and rare earth ...

For the first time in 70 years, “the United States opened a rare earth mine,” reports RealClearInvestigation’s James Varney. “Ramaco’s Brook Mine in Ranchester,” Wyo., is “part of a critical effort to ...

Donald Trump has vowed to begin “dig, dig, digging” for minerals in Ukraine after a “historic” minerals deal is signed between Washington and Kyiv. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will meet Mr ...

In a world where time is fleeting and objects are made to be discarded, a beautiful rock formed over eons has a certain appeal. You feel as though you’re grasping a small remnant of Earth’s primal ...

People eagerly give money to rich environmental groups. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has $463 million in assets. It claims it uses law "to confront the climate crisis." What it really ...

Mankind has mined the earth’s surface for thousands of years. Now there’s a furious race to find even more metal that will enable the world’s energy transition away from fossil fuels. In Papua New ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s pre-emptive tariff threat several weeks ago against the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, among others) who want to usurp the U.S. dollar as the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Yuanzhi Tang, Georgia Institute of Technology and Scott McWhorter, Georgia Institute ...