The mineral economy of India is at a crucial moment of structural transition. Demand for steel, cement, fertilisers, electronics, renewable energy systems and electric mobility is growing rapidly, ...

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Global demand for minerals is rising fast. This is being driven by the shift to renewable energy and electric vehicles, and increasingly by the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and data ...

The Executive Order is intended to aid in establishing the U.S. as a global leader in seabed mineral exploration and extraction of seabed polymetallic nodules and other strategic materials, with clear ...

Missouri mining companies and scientists are working to strengthen domestic supply chains of critical minerals like cobalt, gallium and germanium by tapping into industrial waste and re-mining ...

From the air, the vivid lithium fields of Chile’s Atacama Desert look like an intricate computer circuit board, hinting at the technological destination of this increasingly crucial mineral.

Mining seaweed for minerals The researchers have experimented with several methods for extracting minerals from seaweed, trying to find the least energy-intensive process. After many rounds of tests, ...

Those in the critical minerals industry have been waiting to see what President Donald Trump’s next move would be after his “Unleashing American Energy” Executive Order on January 20, 2025 (the ...

The ocean's deep-sea bed is scattered with ancient rocks, each about the size of a closed fist, called "polymetallic nodules." Elsewhere, along active and inactive hydrothermal vents and the deep ...

Lithium exists naturally in various forms, mostly in brines and minerals found in hard rock. Traditionally, hard rock mining and evaporation ponds have been the primary methods for lithium extraction, ...

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