Rare earth elements are used in a wide variety of modern technologies, from wind turbines to phones. While the elements ...

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 ...

After three years of research, two South Dakota Mines professors have developed a sustainable method to extract rare earth elements from discarded coal mine waste, possibly creating a domestic source ...

As demand — and competition — for critical minerals used in clean technologies heats up around the world, mining startups are ...

Demand for lithium is surging, as the world transitions to renewable energy and adopts new technologies. Lithium-ion ...

Additional critical mineral process improvements for the Alberta Hydrometallurgical Facility The NICO Project consists of a planned mine and concentrator in the Northwest Territories (“NWT”) and a ...

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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 ...

Jef Caers, Member of the Programme Committee, World Mining Congress 2026, discusses the increasingly central role of AI in ...

Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy transition. While “there’s a lot of room for ...