In a quiet corner of Arkansas, just 45 minutes from Hot Springs National Park, is a tiny town of just over 1,000 people. The town of Mount Ida may be small, with an economy built ...

Rifle Falls State Park in Rifle, Colorado, is exactly that kind of place, a stunning natural wonder that somehow remains one of the state’s best-kept secrets.

CFR President Michael Froman analyzes this week’s critical minerals ministerial in Washington. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other government officials pose at the Critical Minerals ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday pushed for a trade system involving price floors for minerals during a summit it held with representatives from multiple nations. Vice President J.D. Vance ...

The Trump administration's Project Vault stockpile can include any of the more than 50 minerals listed as critical by the Interior Department. The minerals include rare earths, lithium, uranium and ...

Washington — The U.S. is launching a $12 billion stockpile of critical and rare earth minerals for non-military civilian purposes, President Trump announced Monday, in an effort to slash reliance on ...

January 29, 2026 - Attorneys at Clark Hill PLC discuss how critical minerals are now strategic assets treated by governments as both economic infrastructure and national security leverage, and provide ...

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Rare rocks buried deep in central Australia have revealed how a valuable niobium deposit formed during the breakup of an ancient supercontinent. More than 800 million years ago, tectonic rifting ...

President Donald Trump’s desire to claim Greenland for the U.S. has thrust the island’s wealth of natural resources firmly into the spotlight. But while geopolitical chatter can make it sound as ...

The demand for domestically sourced critical minerals and rare-earth elements is increasing. TMC is focused on deep-sea mining of polymetallic nodules, which contain high concentrations of nickel, ...

How valuable would Greenland’s rare earth minerals be to the U.S.? It can depend on who — and when — you ask. With President Donald Trump recently revisiting his interest in making the island part of ...