Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

Deep in the heart of a lush green forest, an excavator is hard at work, turning over the earth in search of gold. The ...

President Trump sees Greenland as having strategic national security value to the United States due to its location near ...

Africa's development bank is proposing a new 'gold standard' style currency arrangement backed by critical minerals such as ...

we cannot compete against China and Australia and we have only small quantities of what Government calls ‘critical minerals’.“ In their view: “Just as other countries are developing ...

A rebel alliance claimed the capture of the biggest city in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s mineral ... and other rebel groups has also forced many from their homes in the country’s east ...

M23 rebels, backed, the United Nations and other sources ... to get the DRC’s minerals. China has spoken out against the M23. It threatens their mining interests in the country.

Arewa Think Tank (ATT), has commended the Nasarawa State governor Abdullahi Sule for attracting investors in solid minerals to the state and called on other governors in the country to emulate him.

Diplomatic sources say the bloc is facing calls to suspend its wide-ranging minerals agreement with Rwanda amid fears it is ...

The chemical makeup of mineral inclusions preserved in impact glass hints at the site of a missing impact crater.

As the race for the minerals powering the energy transition intensifies and the price of gold rises, our unique ranking ...

If Western support falters, Ukraine’s reserves of rare earth minerals will be left at the mercy of Russia and China. The global economy is growing more and more dependent on critical ...