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More than a year after uranium shipments resumed, the Navajo Nation EPA is drafting regulations and asking for public input ...

According to a statement released by the University of Gothenburg, six Bronze Age copper, lead, and silver mines have been ...

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Leticia Carvalho heads a global authority that’s been struggling to set rules for a decade. President Trump’s aggressive push on ocean mining makes her task more urgent.

Desperate to break China’s grip on critical minerals, the Trump administration is splashing cash around the world ...

The Trump administration, with the support of many congressional Republicans, is looking to boost deep-sea mining as a way to counter Chinese dominance of critical minerals supply chains. The National ...

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 ...