China has controlled the supply of a group of rare earth minerals that are essential for its factories, which develop ...

In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end ...

New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, ...

Shares of the little-known mining company soared on Thursday on news that the Pentagon would become the largest shareholder.

The Defense Department is buying $400 million of stock in rare-earth mining company MP Materials as it seeks to boost ...

The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the ...

The Kachin Independence Army since December has been battling the junta over the town of Bhamo, less than 100 km (62 miles) from the Chinese border, as part of the civil war that erupted after the ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Ancient oceans with phosphorus-rich waters may have supported some of Earth’s earliest microbial life, according to a new ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

The auto industry has been hit particularly hard by China’s rare earth export restrictions, but analysts warn Western defense giants are also vulnerable.