Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

Longtime Goldmine writer Martin Popoff reminds our dear readers about what a cool year in the evolution of hard rock and ...

Shiva, seated in meditation, blue-skinned and calm, yet holding a power so immense it could destroy the universe with a glance. His third eye is legend: a symbol of awakening, insight, and destruction ...