Chile's Indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with two of the nation's biggest miners to ...

With uranium demand tipped to cross 40,000 tonnes by 2040, China is likely to increasingly turn to marine extraction for the ...

The funding will support the commercialization of LithX, a novel lixiviant chemistry designed to improve the recovery of ...

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up ...

Seaweed is known to absorb metal ions from seawater, with some species accumulating up to 40% of their dry weight as minerals. That’s not where the seaweed story ends. The researchers plan to ...

While “there’s a lot of room for improvement with metals mining,” said Julie Klinger, a mineral supply chains expert at the ...

Repealing Bill C-69 would also stand as a victory for Canada’s mining industry and financiers, likely to result in a boom in ...

Putin in February suggested that the U.S. might be interested in joint exploration for rare earth metals deposits in Russia.

Russian Presidential Envoy for International Cooperation Kirill Dmitriev has announced the beginning of Russia-US talks on joint projects to extract rare earth metals. Source: Dmitriev's interview ...

American companies have expressed interest in Russian rare earth metals projects, signaling potential U.S.-Russia ...

Rare earths are mined and processed in just a few countries. China leads, producing over 60% of the global supply. Other key players include the United States, Australia, and Myanmar. Though found in ...