Donald Trump has sought to cool tensions with China by claiming Xi Jinping “had a bad moment” when announcing new export ...

The Trump administration's decision to take an equity stake in MP Materials (MP) sent shockwaves through the mining sector.

Discover how rare earth elements found in coal mines could reshape America's mineral supply and reduce import dependence.

Before the federal government shut down on Wednesday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said it would team up with Mountain ...

The White House has ordered “immediate measures” to boost America’s supply of antimony, cobalt, neodymium and praseodymium -- ...

Resting on the bottom of the ocean are potato-sized nodules of valuable minerals that are more or less up for grabs. Multiple corporations and some nations are racing to build deep-sea drones that can ...

Pakistan has sent its first consignment of rare earth minerals to the United States under a $500 million strategic agreement, ...

A view of the outside of the OSIRIS-REx sample collector. Sample material from asteroid Bennu can be seen on the middle right. I’m a professor of astronomy. I use moon and Mars rocks in my teaching ...

The surface of our planet is a true geological theater where a permanent spectacle of movements and transformations takes place. These impressive phenomena result from plate tectonics, a ...