Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

New technology for recovering valuable minerals from waste rock. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 09 / 110914115836.htm. American Chemical Society.

Asteroids are made mostly of rock and metal and range from a couple of dozen feet wide to nearly 10 miles long. The new venture targets the free-flying asteroids, seeking to extract from them the ...

Mining and processing rare earth minerals domestically is going to be a big problem in the EV Age By José Rodríguez Jr. July 9, 2021 7:15 pm EST YouTube ...

Geologists have discovered rare elements and minerals in rocks on Pennington Mountain in Aroostook County, including niobium and zirconium, two Earth elements used in steel, jet engines and ...

India, Japan, USA and Australia have launched a “Critical Minerals Initiative” they hope will harden supply chains.

Rare earth minerals, a blanket term for 17 metallic elements found in the earth's crust, possess unique properties such as magnetic capabilities, electrical conductivity and resistance to corrosion.

Sphingomonas desiccabilis, the bacterium capable of “biomining” rare-earth elements from basalt rock. The microbes were stained to fluoresce in green. Image: Rosa Santomartino Recent ...

Researchers report discovery of a completely new technology for more efficiently separating gold, silver, copper, and other valuable materials from rock and ore. Their report on the process, which ...