The White House is angling to supersize the nation's work on critical minerals. Critics say it's leaving miners in the dust.

Growing up, I had classmates from Marange in Zimbabwe’s eastern highlands. To say you were from Marange invited laughter; it meant dust and poverty. Then diamonds were discovered, and overnight the ...

Sangdong mine, South Korea — Over the course of decades, China has come to dominate the rare earths and critical minerals industries, virtually cornering the market on raw materials that are essential ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. processing plant under construction in Kalgoorlie, Western ...

The European Union is one step closer to agreeing on joint efforts with the United States and Japan to "increase economic security and national security" by securing the supply of critical raw ...

An Executive Order issued in April 2025 neatly summarised the Trump Administration’s view of critical minerals as a vital economic and national security lynchpin for the United States: A strong ...

As of spring 2026, the second Trump administration is aggressively treating critical minerals as a national security priority ...

Critical minerals are mined all over the world, but the majority of the supply ends up passing through China. And that poses a threat.

Glen Nwaila receives research funding from the Open Society Foundations, in collaboration with the Southern Centre for Inequality Studies at Wits University, to support work on critical minerals in ...

In the 1970s, when OPEC halted oil shipments to the United States, Congress established the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It was an emergency measure to stockpile oil against a future crisis. Now, 50 ...

Pete Hegseth, who has taken to calling himself the Secretary of War, says the Defense Department “does not do climate change crap.” Just last week, he asserted that the agency “will not be distracted” ...