To sustain supplies of key metals, policymakers should support the infrastructure needed to deploy mining biotechnologies on ...

Farmers and community elders in coastal Kenya fear a proposed mining project could threaten their livelihoods and a sacred ...

The deep sea mining landscape has seen significant activity across multiple fronts in the first quarter of 2026. This briefing summarizes recent key developments at the international level and among ...

Additionally, state mining departments shall establish a digital monitoring system on permissions, quantities permitted, actual extraction, transit permits and end-use.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mechanical claw holds a polymetallic nodule, one of several seafloor sources of critical minerals. ROV-Team/GEOMAR via Wikimedia ...

Lei Pan, captivated by flotation as a student, went on to develop a novel use of the separation technology that he shares with students in his lab and pilots with regional mines. × Michigan Tech ...

Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden have both made it a priority to secure a sufficient supply of critical minerals from the ground. But some in the current Trump administration have called for ...

U.S. politics currently allow for vanishingly few areas of bipartisan consensus. But one thing government officials of all kinds tend to agree on is the importance of mining. In particular, they seek ...

Critical minerals—such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, rare earth elements, copper, and graphite—are the backbone of the global energy transition. They power electric vehicles, enable renewable energy ...

Utah has selected a Texas-based mineral extraction company to help plan out the "responsible redevelopment" of the US Magnesium facility along the Great Salt Lake that it acquired earlier this year.