Rare earths have been described as the oil of the 21st century, incredibly valuable both economically and in the fight against climate change. There's a battle underway around the world to mine and ...

Rousseau was a repeat entrant in the prestigious Dijon Prize contests and actually won the coveted award a second time in ...

The first breeder reactor, went online almost 75 years ago. But today, only two remain active across the globe. Our question ...

Good afternoon and happy Tuesday, readers! The August recess might be approaching, but that doesn’t mean news in D.C. is slowing down anytime soon. Permitting reform is back on the docket, with the ...

Conservation groups, including the National Wildlife Federation and Oceana, are calling for a moratorium on deep-sea mining for minerals until more research can be done on the potential environmental ...

China controls rare earth metals production. This control has caused severe environmental damage. Toxic sludge contaminates areas like Baotou. The Weikuang Dam poses significant pollution risks.

First Nations people started trading 'trepang', or sea cucumber, in the 1700s, and now these tiny marine animals may help ...

In the fourth of this six-part series of The Economics Show, Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator, and Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman ask if advances in artificial ...

The following is a news release and photo from the University of Idaho. MOSCOW, Idaho – In a strategic partnership to support ...

The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the ...