Ukraine also has Europe’s largest uranium reserves, crucial for nuclear power and weapons. It boasts significant deposits of ...

President Donald Trump wants more mining of critical minerals and rare earth elements, invoking a wartime act to secure their ...

Favorable geological formations and historic mining activity give some states a significant edge in producing critical minerals.

Ukraine's minerals have become central to global geopolitics, with the US president, Donald Trump, seeking a deal with ...

Critical minerals are in demand around the world for military, technological and other uses. A geoscientist shares what’s ...

It is filled with sedimentary rocks containing coal ... unlike the other main lithium mineral, spodumene, requires more ...

The United States is grappling with a significant weakness in rare earths and critical minerals, including cobalt and nickel.

Rare earth minerals, a blanket term for 17 metallic ... classified by the type of mineral as as well the deposit type—the rock formation in which the material is found. Due to tectonic plate ...

The occupied territory includes a significant portion of Ukraine's mineral reserves, including highly sought-after rare earth elements used in defense, aerospace, technology and energy production.

Analysts questions the size of Ukraine's rare earths and "strategic minerals" deposits, how accessible they are and easy to extract, and the ultimate value of a potential deal. Ukraine might have ...

This massive, exposed crystalline rock formed over 2. ... conditions for forming several mineral deposits including lithium, graphite, manganese, titanium and rare earth elements.