Conventional lithium mining is a slow, water-intensive, and environmentally damaging process. The prevailing technique, ...

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Cottonwood residents who live near an old mine waste heap are worrying about the black dust that can fill the air. Here's ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday took steps to increase recovery of critical minerals, used in everything from electric vehicles to high-tech weapons, from mine waste, ...

Here's a quick recap of some of the most impactful resource sector news items for the week. The period saw three miners rescued after 60 hours underground at the Red Chris mine in BC, the US announce ...

Missouri Water Center researcher Pan Ni holds up a beaker filled with polymer beads designed to extract rare earth elements from wastewater. The rare earth elements integral to producing modern ...

Mine waste is an understudied resource containing critical minerals needed for the economy and national security. In addition ...