Countries are racing to secure the critical minerals and rare earths needed to make vital products.

The US trade war with China has a major sticking point: rare earths minerals. Last month, President Donald Trump said the United States needed Greenland “very badly,” renewing his threat to annex the ...

Project Vault, as it's called, would store critical minerals in the way the Strategic Petroleum Reserve stores crude oil.

The U.S. will put together a $12 billion minerals stockpile, President Trump announced in the Oval Office on Monday. The stockpile is expected to involve rare earth elements, other minerals that the ...

Geoscientist Graham Lederer uses a hand lens to examine tungsten ore from the Burnside mine in Alpine County California (USGS/Public domain) Finding better ways to handle underground rocks could be ...

The Trump administration wants to create a critical minerals trading bloc with its allies that will use tariffs to maintain ...

There’s a long history of hard rock mining in Southern Colorado. Now the federal government is updating the region’s geological maps to expand the search for critical minerals and rare earth elements.

(CNN) — The US trade deal with China seeks to resolve a major sticking point of their ongoing trade war: rare-earth minerals. (CNN) — The US trade deal with China seeks to resolve a major sticking ...

New York (CNN) — The US trade war with China has a major sticking point: rare earth minerals. China increased its restrictions on its rare earth exports Thursday, leading US President Donald Trump to ...