You may be hearing a lot lately about critical minerals and rare earth elements. These natural materials are essential to industry and modern technology – everything from cellphones to fighter jets.

What makes a mineral critical? Put simply, critical minerals help create the essential everyday items we all use. But these minerals may not be easy to get. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

Some countries, including the U.S., want to mine the seafloor for rare earth elements used in smartphones and electric cars. But other nations are concerned about the environmental impact. Sponsor ...

America already mines all the critical minerals it needs for energy, defense, and technology, but most are being wasted as mine tailings. Researchers discovered that minerals like cobalt, germanium, ...

But even as the Trump administration shoots down emerging clean-energy technology, it has rushed to secure critical minerals — the raw materials that are crucial to renewable energy and emerging ...

A heliborne mineral survey in Raichur, led by GSD, is scanning for rare earth deposits until April 2026, using advanced airborne technology to map critical underground resources.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers have proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to spur production of rare earths and the other critical minerals, while the Trump ...