Not only would it involve landing robots on a rock, but also remotely building mining infrastructure, and then somehow sending the materials back to Earth. But it's easy to see why he and others ...

Greenland is holding an early parliamentary election Tuesday focused in part on whether the semi-autonomous Danish territory should allow international companies to mine the sparsely populated Arctic ...

Smartphones contain around 30 different elements, some of which the Earth is running out of The recycling of e-waste must urgently be ramped up because mining the Earth for precious metals to make ...

California-based AstroForge, a pioneer in the field of space mining, is preparing to launch the first fully commercial deep-space mission with the ambitious goal of harvesting precious metals from ...

In May, Ramaco announced that Atkins' Brook Mine contains one of the largest unconventional deposits of rare earth elements in the US. Because of that, the mine is worth an estimated $37 billion ...

David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Rocks and minerals contribute essential raw materials for any civilization, and in a technological society minerals (and the rare ...

The US could soon surpass China as the world leader in rare earth minerals after more than 2.34 billion metric tons were ...