An Endolith technician swirls a flask containing a starter culture of the company’s proprietary microbes. The amber color ...

If the U.S. wants to secure critical minerals it should invest in mining and processing facilities on home soil rather than ...

Commercial mining on the miles-deep Pacific Ocean floor came one step closer to reality with an announcement late Tuesday by ...

The edges of ancient continental cores are natural repositories for critical metals,” says Macquarie University Professor ...

Now, though, one mining firm says it plans to move forward — with or without that rulebook in place. The Metals Company, a Canadian startup, says it will seek approval this year to launch the ...

The Metals Company, which has been trying for years to exploit battery materials strewn across the ocean floor, announced today that it has applied for a permit from the Trump administration to start ...

“We need to design our systems such that we have the capacity to recycle those metals.” This process, sometimes called “urban mining,” includes developing innovative recycling ...

But others question whether mining these metals in space and bringing them back to Earth is really feasible, especially in the near term – and whether it could have its own unique, but just as ...

A U.S. government-created artificial intelligence program that aims to predict the supply and price of critical minerals has been transferred to the control of a non-profit organization that is ...