They power green energy, enhance defense systems, and drive the future of microelectronics. Known as critical minerals, ...

Missouri is emerging as a key player in America’s critical minerals strategy, with vast reserves that could strengthen U.S.

This fern was already known to be a hyperaccumulator, able to thrive in REE-rich soils in southern China by absorbing the metals. The researchers from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry wanted to ...

List of Critical Minerals, outlining 60 minerals vital to the U.S. economy and national security that face potential risks ...

Data show that in 2024, the added value of the non-metallic minerals-based products industry in China for enterprises, each ...

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Scientists find that natural iron minerals can speed up the breakdown of toxic plastic additives in the environment.

Over 500 million years ago, the Cambrian Period sparked an explosion of skeletal creativity. Salterella, a peculiar fossil, ...

Philip Marsden’s latest book ‘Under a Metal Sky’ excavates the history, science and social-environmental consequences of ...

High-value minerals can be recovered while 'remediating polluted soil and restoring the ecology of rare earth tailings', ...

Researchers from the University of Vienna discovered MISO bacteria that use iron minerals to oxidize toxic sulfide, creating energy and producing sulfate. This biological process reshapes how ...

Mohammad Sadiq from the Ministry of Mines underscored the importance of establishing a robust processing value chain for critical minerals. Nine Centres of Excellence were identified to advance ...