A common fern in China (Blechnum orientale) is performing an act of geological alchemy. It is quietly building microscopic crystals of monazite, a valuable mineral packed with the rare earth elements ...

First Blast Successfully and Safely Completed Excavation of Weathered Material & Construction of Test Mine Underway Bulk sample collection initiated for processing optimization & demonstration plant ...

Philip Roberts is an intern with The Daily Signal. The first new U.S. rare-earth mine in 70 years broke ground this month in Wyoming. Ramaco Brook Mine, which contains 1.7 million tons of rare earth ...

MOUNTAIN PASS, Calif. (KABC) -- Did you know that one of the largest rare earth mines in the world is in California? It's in the San Bernardino County community of ...

Satellite data show at least 27 new rare earth mines have opened across Laos since 2022, mostly in protected areas and many within the Mekong River Basin, raising transboundary pollution risks for ...

The largely unregulated mining of rare earth minerals in Myanmar’s Kachin state is taking a heavy toll on forests, rivers and human health, according to sources and satellite imagery collected by ...

Whereas, the United States of America (the “United States” or “U.S.”) and Japan (together, the “Participants”) intend to support the supply of raw and processed critical minerals and rare earths ...

At the foot of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains sits a mine potentially full of minerals crucial for renewable energy, yet capable of drawing praise from some of the United States’ most ardent supporters ...

Greenland, the world’s largest island, lies mostly inside the Arctic Circle; 80 percent of the island is covered in an ice sheet that on average is 1.4 miles deep. Because of warmer Atlantic currents ...