Beijing has targeted five metals: tungsten, tellurium, bismuth, molybdenum and indium. China is the biggest producer of all of them. But would export controls — rather than an outright export ban — ...

Lithium has been the apple of the mining industry’s eye as demand for electric vehicle batteries has skyrocketed. Now, the ...

As you might have guessed, given that Hough is a seismologist for the USGS, the study she and her team recently published in ...

Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...

Ukraine has offered to strike a deal with U.S. President Donald Trump for continued American military aid in exchange for ...

The highest potential for naturally occurring hydrogen is in the Midcontinent Rift system, which runs through central parts ...

As we face significant climate-related challenges, minerals can offer a bridge between ecological restoration and ...

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth's enigmatic inner core, revealing for the ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Cathy Whitlock, Regents Professor ...

Gallium and germanium are key to some clean energy tech. China blocked exports of the metals to the U.S. in December, leaving ...