Wyoming energy and economic development leaders are looking for ways to capitalize on the state’s critical mineral industry.

Moreover, countless other areas have also been closed off – some by acts of Congress, others by presidential or bureaucratic decree, or unending wilderness and wildlife studies. All with virtually no ...

Rare earth elements are vital to new technologies and industry but hard to obtain. A new project led by UC Davis and funded by a grant from ARPA-E aims to develop acid-tolerant bacteria that can ...

Geologists and mining companies are quietly mapping what could be one of the largest untapped troves of rare earth elements on the planet, with early estimates suggesting deposits in the United States ...

Scientists have discovered a fern from South China that naturally forms tiny crystals containing rare earth elements (REEs). This breakthrough opens the door to a promising new way of "green mining" ...

FRESNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ERI, the nation’s leading material resource recovery, ITAD, mobility and data destruction/processing provider and largest recycler ...

The White House released more details Saturday about a trade deal reached between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in a meeting earlier this week. Among other things, the ...

With names like neodymium and dysprosium, rare-earth elements sound exotic — and their perceived scarcity has only added to the mystique. In reality, rare earths aren't that rare, but just difficult ...

Seventeen elements of the periodic table have taken on outsize importance because of their use in smartphones, electric vehicles, medical devices, and other technologies. They’re valued for their ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The Montana Environmental Quality Council at its Dec. 2 meeting, approved a letter requesting ...