Seventeen elements of the periodic table have taken on outsize importance because of their use in smartphones, electric ...

A bunch of materials called rare earth elements (REE) that are crucial for producing a vast range of tech products – from ...

All around us are elements forged in stars, from the nickel and copper in coins to the gold and silver in jewelry. Scientists ...

Today's high-tech electronics and green energy technologies would not function without rare earth elements (REEs). These 17 ...

Global demand for rare earth minerals is driving the toxic pollution of some of Asia’s most important rivers, threatening the health and livelihoods of tens of millions of people.

All around us are elements forged in stars, from the nickel and copper in coins to the gold and silver in jewelry. Scientists ...

According to the Washington-based Stimson Center, the past decade has seem a spike in unregulated mining activity in Myanmar, ...

Sources have requested pseudonyms be used to protect their identity out of fear of retaliation from the government or mining ...

The discovery of gold deposits in Malawi has left hotspots pitted, endangering the environment and human health. Every ...

The watershed moment came in July when the federal government became the largest shareholder of MP Materials, a California ...

Gold has a reputation for being one of the most stable, predictable elements in the periodic table, but under crushing ...

Gold, uranium, and other heavy elements on Earth did not form here. They were born in the violent deaths of massive stars and the collisions of neutron stars, traveling across the galaxy before ...