2+ hour, 29+ min ago  (460+ words) A mineral long dismissed as worthless may be hiding something far more valuable. Scientists have found lithium inside pyrite, a discovery that could change how we think about future energy resources. Lithium is now central to modern technology. It powers…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago  (538+ words) They've hit the mother lode. We may no longer need to rely on foreign batteries to power our electronics. Geologists have announced that the Appalachian Mountains could be hiding a sprawling multi-billion-dollar cache of lithium that could last the US…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago  (792+ words) 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8007 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 19, 2026 Mr. Fulcher (for himself and Mr. Harris of North Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture A BILL To amend the Commodity Exchange Act to reduce…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago  (129+ words) 1. Introduction In recent decades, distortions resulting from pervasive non-market policies and practices have left critical minerals supply chains of market-oriented economies vulnerable to a myriad of disruptions, including economic coercion. Correcting these vulnerabilities is imperative, as critical minerals are strategic…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (190+ words) According to a statement released by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), the Romans extracted gold from alluvial deposits in the Eastern Pyrenees. Using optically stimulated luminescence dating techniques, Oriol Olesti Vila of the UAB and Jorge Sanjurjo-S'nchez of the…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (309+ words) I thought that part of the problem was toxic waste from the processing. China seems to have no problem spewing toxic waste everywhere, but western nations try to avoid that sort of thing. I'm glad that Canada is building an…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1754+ words) In 2010, I was a roughneck on a drilling rig in West Texas. These were the early days of the American shale revolution, before we truly understood what horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing would mean for the country. The work was…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (193+ words) Rare Earths are not that rare and we have a lot of them. What is rare are the processing facilities. Processing rare earths is filthy. We need to dramatically expand (restore) our processing capability. "critical minerals with price floors and…...

3+ mon, 23+ hour ago  (137+ words) A small town in North Carolina that is essential to producing the world's semiconductors." -Business Insider 432 miles southeast of Washington, DC" just off the Blue Ridge Parkway" in the Appalachian Mountains. In a tiny town of just over 2, 000 people that's…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (254+ words) Wyoming's first hard rock mine in a century is all but shovel ready and may be sitting on a pile of gold much larger than what's so far been showcased for investors. The CK Gold project, 20 miles west of Cheyenne…...