In 2024, China's total rare earth export value was 3.18 billion yuan. The export volume of rare earths and their products in the first 11 months was 52,100 mt, up 6.6% YoY, but the export value ...

The Danish-controlled island is coveted by some external actors who see the vast territory as a vector for precious minerals ...

Although precious metals are still incredibly valuable, the new "gold rush" in mining is for rare-earth metals like lithium ...

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Arctic ice cores uncover how Roman lead pollution led to widespread IQ declines over 2,000 years ago, revealing impacts on ...

Brazilian Critical Minerals (ASX:BCM) is closing on a scoping study after posting a rare earths resource that can be mined ...

China has a chokehold on the world’s supply of critical minerals – and experts are warning the situation is major risk to US ...

The scale of global mining required as part of the “energy transition” has staggering environmental implications.

New research from Macquarie University has pinpointed likely locations of essential metals crucial for advancing a green ...

Alloying, the art of blending metals with other elements, has long been a cornerstone of materials science and metallurgy, creating materials with tailored properties. In contrast, dealloying has been ...

The Kenya Space Agency identified a "red-hot" eight-foot metal ring as a piece of space junk. Experts are still torn about ...

Traveling from one star to another is currently impossible to achieve within a human lifetime. But some projects are ...