There’s a long history of hard rock mining in Southern Colorado. Now the federal government is updating the region’s geological maps to expand the search for critical minerals and rare earth elements.

Mining tailings are the waste byproduct of mining, consisting of ground rock, water, and processing chemicals that remain ...

You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.

Buried within the rocks of Mountain Pass are rare-earth elements—a group of metals that play a vital role in nearly every twenty-first-century technology. They help make the high-strength magnets that ...

A Chinese-led team of scientists has made a world-first discovery, identifying a naturally formed mineral containing rare earth elements (REEs) inside a living plant. The researchers found nanoscale ...

Esperance has a rich endowment of rare earths and other critical minerals that could make it a significant hub to ... Read More The post Esperance shapes up as major rare earths hub with broad mineral ...

The Donald project is a globally significant rare earth and mineral sands project with the potential to become a long-term supplier of critical rare-earth elements, including neodymium, praseodymium, ...

Nagpur based Western Coalfields Limited has made a significant discovery. Eight strategic minerals, including rare earth elements, have been found in six of its mines in Maharashtra. These findings ...

The long-term supply-demand picture should be favorable for critical minerals and rare-earth elements, which should help boost stock prices of select companies. Mining stocks are particularly risky ...