Can Trump's critical minerals drive pass the copper test?
U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order on boosting domestic minerals production is intended to blast a path through ...
The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, from water to weeds
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The weirdest ways scientists are mining for critical minerals, ...
Donald Trump threatens ‘big, big, problems’ if Ukraine's Zelensky backs out of rare earth minerals
United States President Donald Trump has threatened Ukraine with “some big, big problems”, if President Volodymyr Zelensky ...
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Is mining critical minerals better than extracting fossil fuels?
Extracting resources from the Earth always comes with costs. As we race toward a cleaner, greener future, there is a risk of ...
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In the race to find critical minerals, there’s a ‘gold mine’ literally at our shoreline
Instead of continuing to dig tunnels or pits, some scientists are looking to a promising yet challenging source of minerals: ...
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Trump invokes wartime powers to increase production of critical minerals
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at immediately increasing American production of critical minerals like uranium, copper, potash and gold by invoking the Defense ...
Europe races to secure critical minerals as global supply tensions mount
A top European Union official visited a strategic metals site in central Greece on Thursday, after the bloc announced plans ...
Critical minerals processing will be the equivalent of 19th-century oil refineries—at a Rockefeller moment
Amid the race to secure mineral deposits—including in Ukraine and Greenland—the smartest players see a different opportunity.
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Trump’s critical minerals order may boost efforts to mine copper, nickel and cobalt in Minnesota
Environmentalists say the new Trump executive order that could boost mining threatens the Boundary Waters Canoe Area ...
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Why Ukraine’s minerals are so special – and why Trump wants them so much
Ukraine has deposits containing 22 of 34 critical minerals identified by the European Union as essential for energy security. This positions Ukraine among the world’s most resource-rich nations.