The discovery by Ionic Mineral Technologies strengthens U.S. critical and rare earth mineral supply amid China's export ...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump aims to build metals refining facilities on Pentagon military bases as part of his plan to boost domestic production of critical minerals and offset China's ...

An abandoned cinnabar ore mine for mercury in Texas. U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has issued an order to unlock federal dollars to recover above-ground critical minerals from functioning and ...

The U.S. military said it plans to develop a fleet of small-scale refineries to produce critical minerals used to make ...

Utah’s desert is suddenly looking less like empty space on the map and more like the front line of a new resource race. A discovery of critical minerals and rare earth elements at a site called ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The world’s sources of critical minerals are increasingly concentrated in just a few countries, most notably China, leaving the global economy vulnerable to supply cutoffs ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite ...

This policy paper by Global Witness and Amazon Underworld examines the state of illegal mining and trafficking of critical ...

The United States is home to a wealth of natural resources, with certain states leading the way in producing some of the most valuable minerals essential for industry, technology and economic growth.

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