Saudi Arabia’s state-backed mining champion, Ma’aden, has unveiled an $110 billion, decade-long minerals investment plan. But describing it as “mining investment” misses the deeper story. What is unfolding in the Kingdom is not a resource boom—it is the construction of…

For most of modern history, mining influence has been anchored in two places: where the resources sit, and where the world’s processing capacity, standards, and capital allocation decisions are concentrated. The Future Minerals Forum (FMF) is challenging that old map.…

Japan is going to the depths of the ocean to reduce its reliance on China. Tokyo has launched an ambitious plan to mine the floor of the Pacific for mud rich in rare earth minerals at a depth of 6…

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has expressed its full support for government’s ‘zero tolerance’ campaign against illegal mining and unregulated activities. In a release yesterday the association stated, “We stand firmly behind the comprehensive campaign to sanitize…

As the U.S. already has near-unrestricted military access to Greenland under a 1951 agreement, there is no national security imperative to own the island, but the Trump administration covets its vast natural resources. The USGS estimates that the Arctic holds…

China has banned the export of several rare earth minerals to Japan over controversial remarks made by Japan’s Prime Minister regarding Taiwan, marking a new low in deteriorating relationships between the two trade partners. According to a commerce ministry statement…

Expert says Venezuela’s rare earth minerals may be getting overlooked as President Donald Trump focuses on country’s oil reserves. The deposition of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has sparked questions about the country’s future — and its vast natural resources. While…

The pursuit of superconductivity, materials exhibiting zero electrical resistance, receives a boost from new theoretical insights into how atomic vibrations, or phonons, can drive this phenomenon. Yang-Zhi Chou, Jihang Zhu, Jay D. Sau, and Sankar Das Sarma, from the University…