The Trump administration announced this week the U.S. government would work to build a $11.7 billion stockpile of critical minerals. That’s the headline; the subtext is more intriguing. The stockpile ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday pushed for a trade system involving price floors for minerals during a summit it held with representatives from multiple nations. Vice President J.D. Vance ...

United States Vice President JD Vance has proposed creating a new critical mineral trading bloc and coordinating pricing floors as Washington tries to loosen China’s control over rare earth mineral ...

US President Donald Trump is set to initiate Project Vault, a $12bn strategic stockpile of critical minerals aimed at reducing dependence on Chinese rare earths and other materials. This initiative ...

Feb 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced the creation of a critical mineral reserve. "Today, we're launching what will be known as Project Vault to ensure that American ...

Its participation in the Future Mineral Forum meeting in Saudi Arabia reflects its plans to market its mineral reserves. But people in mining areas remain unenthused. Participants at the launch of the ...

The Trump administration's pursuit of Greenland and Venezuela’s critical minerals has put the global competition for metals in the spotlight. Governments around the world are scrambling to secure ...

Remember when we looked at whether you can use vegetable oil as a motor oil substitute? Well, today's situation is nothing like that. Brake fluids based on mineral oil — although not pure mineral oil ...

A Utah-based company, Ionic Mineral Technologies, has discovered a significant ion-adsorption clay (IAC) deposit—the same type of geology that underpins much of China's rare earth dominance—at its ...

Ionic Mineral Technologies was mining the clay in Utah when it chanced upon what could be the critical mineral equivalent of a gold mine. Ionic MT had leased the land as part of its business producing ...

"Mineral-only" sunscreens are making huge inroads into the sunscreen market, driven by fears of "chemicals," a belief that "mineral" products are inherently safer, and confusion about how sunscreens ...

Anna Wang receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and Moderna Australia. Jon Beves receives funding from the ...