There are widespread concerns that deep-sea mining for metals will damage fragile ecosystems. But if mining ever goes ahead, ...

A Boston company's study of an abandoned iron mine in Moriah uncovered a trove of rare earth elements, used in advanced ...

Image made with elements from Canva. Based on a phytomining image from ARPA-E. Scientists are exploring a somewhat unusual green energy solution: mining metals from the earth using plants. Typically, ...

Mankind has mined the earth’s surface for thousands of years. Now there’s a furious race to find even more metal that will enable the world’s energy transition away from fossil fuels. In Papua New ...

Alpine pennycress is a charming little plant. Its low-growing rosette of green leaves is topped by leggy stalks bearing ...

The leftover ore discarded by US mines is packed with key minerals – enough to provide virtually all of the raw material needed to build clean energy technologies. Recovering just a fraction of these ...

This story was originally published by Yale 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Can metals that naturally occur in seawater be mined, and can they be mined ...

Government researchers in the US and abroad believe we could help decarbonize and electrify the transportation sector with hardy, fast-growing plants that collect the metals needed to manufacture ...

We believe copper is set to take center stage in 2025. The Trump 2.0 administration’s tariffs could be a headwind for base metals. We believe geopolitical risks and U.S. economic uncertainty, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The United States is home to dozens of active mines. Some extract copper, while ...