America was once the global leader in rare earth element production, but as processing moved to China, the US lost capacity ...

While the figure is an official USGS estimate, extracting the mineral poses major technical and environmental challenges.

Mining critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt fuels the "green" energy and digital transitions essential to meeting ...

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In her new book, Thea Riofrancos explores the environmental and social costs of the race to embrace green solutions like ...

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 ...

Electrification of transportation and the power grid all but require lithium to make batteries—but mining it takes a toll on ...

Deep sea mining is expected to negatively affect terrestrial mining, risking over $560 billion in annual export earnings, a new report published by financial think tank Planet Tracker argues. The ...

Lithium is the lightest and smallest alkali metal in the periodic table and possesses a high electrochemical potential. These attributes make it attractive for use in batteries, as it can provide a ...