Little is known about the long-term effects of deep-sea mining on the organic matter that supports life on the seafloor. However, as interest in mining the deep sea for rare metals grows, there is concern that disturbing the seabed could…

Democratic Republic of Congo’s justice minister this week ordered judicial investigations into suspected mining fraud and mineral smuggling in the mineral-rich provinces of Lualaba and Haut-Katanga after authorities seized more than 500 trucks and thousands of metric tons of copper…

At least 60 percent of the drinking water produced in the French island territory of Guadeloupe never reaches homes. Leaks and faulty infrastructure are contributing to a years-long water crisis, during which roughly one-fifth of the island’s 370,000 residents have…

Oklahoma offers the resources, infrastructure, and workforce to build a stronger U.S. critical minerals supply chain. As efforts around strengthening our domestic critical-mineral supply chains evolve, it is more important than ever that the U.S. adopts a strategy that doesn’t…

Washington aims to use peace diplomacy in Myanmar as a way to expand US influence and potentially gain access to the country’s rare-earth deposits, according to a recently published State Department strategy document. Reuters reported last month that US officials…

NewRange, formerly known as PolyMet Mining, has submitted the changes to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to kick off a new round of environmental reviews, and the company filed a new application for a wetlands permit with the U.S.…

New research from the University of St Andrews has found that metal production carbon footprints could be more than 10 times higher than previously estimated, with serious implications for the ambition to reach net zero. Published in Environmental Science and…

Back in January we predicted that an increasingly fragmented world would define the trajectory of the metals and mining sector in 2026. As we pass the halfway point, that expectation is certainly playing out — if not exactly as expected.…