Explore how South Africa's rich deposits of critical minerals can drive a just energy transition, while addressing the ...

These are like chimneys pushing out superheated, mineral-rich water from deep beneath the Earth ... based mining is beset with environmental and human rights problems, including child labor ...

In the mist-veiled highlands of Masisi territory, a silent war for control over one of the world's most strategic minerals is ...

London-listed Harena Resources says metallurgical test results have confirmed that ionic clay-hosted rare earth elements (REEs) can be efficiently recovered from its 75%-owned Ampasindava project, ...

What is left is a relatively small number of known deposits that are accessible to mining. Nearly 70% of actively mined rare earth minerals ... platinum mines in South Africa, the High Atlas ...

Mining of rare-earth minerals in China’s Inner Mongolia, in 2011. (Reuters) In its retaliation against U.S. tariffs, China slowed exports of several rare-earth minerals and magnets this month ...

China pauses rare earth export curbs targeting US entities “This partnership is a key step in making mining the third pillar of the Saudi economy,” Ma’aden CEO Bob Wilt said in a news release.

Exploring and extracting rare earth materials from deep-sea mud is one of the newest recovery methods, although deep sea mining of mud and nodules comes with significant environmental concerns.

MP Materials began mining rare earths in California in 2017, started refining in 2023, and plans to sell rare-earth magnets to General Motors Co. by the end of 2025. “This idea that there was a ...

Children are victims of trafficking, and forced into sex work and child labour in tobacco and other agricultural activities. British American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco were taken to court in Malawi ...

As the Ukraine-Russo war reaches a stalemate in peace talks, the United States is actively promoting agreements on rare earth elements (REEs) with Ukraine. This move underscores the critical ...