6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (684+ words) A small group of nations controls the vast majority of the world's diamond output, shaping a market defined by geology, scale, and uneven distribution. From Arctic mines to African riverbeds, these countries determine where most these rare stones are found…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (482+ words) What if one of the most overlooked minerals on Earth has been quietly hiding lithium all along? Scientists took a closer look at a rock most people would ignore and uncovered something they didn't expect. A mineral long dismissed as…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (392+ words) Geologists have revealed a massive copper, gold, and silver deposit billed as the biggest in 30 years, with scale, stakes, and risks that could reshape the global metals race. At full capacity, the operation would produce 400, 000 tonnes of copper annually over…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (442+ words) In this remote part of Argentina, a lake changes in ways that are difficult to notice without stepping back. The lake, called Salinas Las Barrancas or Laguna de Salinas Chicas, sits about 33 miles west of Bah'a Blanca in Buenos Aires…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (633+ words) Officials say the Wangu gold field may hold more than 1, 000 tonnes of gold, a figure large enough to trigger comparisons with the world's biggest mines. Forty distinct veins of gold run through the rock deep beneath the hills of Pingjiang…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (324+ words) A high-risk deep-sea retrieval near Minamitorishima has put rare earth supply, China dependence, and Japan's resource ambitions on a collision course. A Japanese deep-sea drilling vessel has recovered sediment containing rare earth elements from nearly 6, 000 meters below the Pacific Ocean…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (499+ words) For decades, this part of northern Germany was known for natural gas. Now the same deep underground system is drawing attention for a very different reason....

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (755+ words) The Daily Galaxy As space exploration rapidly advances, companies are turning their attention to the Moon's untapped resources According to Ars Technica, two companies, Interlune and Astrolab, have unveiled ambitious plans to develop lunar harvesters aimed at extracting valuable resources…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (481+ words) A Canadian town is using old coal mines to create a clean energy network, making strides toward a greener, sustainable future. Flooded coal mines beneath Cumberland, British Columbia are being studied as the foundation for a town-wide geothermal system. Local…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago  (483+ words) Beneath a quiet ridge in South Africa lies a 2. 7-billion-year-old geological giant that transformed a nation and quietly supplied nearly half the gold ever mined. Under those hills sits the richest gold producing geological formation ever identified. Geological studies and…...