Missouri mining companies and scientists are working to strengthen domestic supply chains of critical minerals like cobalt, gallium and germanium by tapping into industrial waste and re-mining ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the founder of WildAid and Wildlife Alliance How can we procure critical minerals and meet the needs of the global economy ...

Researchers stand to the right of a series of tubes and large water tanks. Through a public-private partnership with Ebb Carbon, researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have deployed a ...

Historically, lithium has been produced using two approaches: hard rock mining of spodumene deposits, as seen at the ...

As renewable energy gathers steam around the world, the harms of mining its mineral components continue to grow. On the environmental front, for example, there’s the destruction of Indonesian ...

Heap leaching is a cost‐effective, environmentally considerate method for extracting valuable metals from low-grade ores. This process involves piling crushed ore and irrigating it with a leaching ...

MGX Minerals Inc. (XMG: CNX) has received independent laboratory testing results from the Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) on the company’s patent-pending “method for extraction of lithium from ...

Mining is the process of extracting valuable minerals, metals and other resources from the earth. This may entail extracting minerals from underground deposits or from the earth’s surface. The ...

Researchers in the United States discovered a new way to extract rare earth minerals. They focused on seaweed, which hosts rare earth minerals in their leaf-like tissues. After multiple efforts, the ...

SALT LAKE CITY — The state of Utah is scrutinizing a mineral company, accusing it of unauthorized extractions of lithium from the Great Salt Lake. Utah's Division of Forestry, Fire & State Lands ...