A staff member checks monocrystalline silicon wafers at JA Solar Technology Co. Ltd., in Baotou, a city in China's Inner ...

Soaring demand for copper, lithium, and nickel could make the metals more valuable than oil and gas by 2050, Barclays said.

This article is authored by Ananya Raj Kakoti, scholar, international relations, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

The Chinese government has implemented export controls on seven strategic rare earth metals, over which China holds a ...

AI's growth and the energy transition are set to spark a mineral supercycle - reshaping industries and straining supply ...

A new breakthrough in science could reshape how rare earth elements are separated, extracted, and reused—something that ...

Rare earth metals are the lifeblood of AI tech development ... implying serious consequences for prices and technological advancement These elements, unique for their magnetic qualities, are ...

The AI boom has fueled a fresh surge of demand for rare earth ... elements, unique for their magnetic qualities, are the lifeblood of semiconductor and data center technology. Yet critical metals ...

PREMIUM China's President Xi Jinping (AFP) Rare earth elements (REEs), including neodymium ... the refining and processing of these metals are highly complex and environmentally damaging ...

A new study has found that such heavy metals may have formed through eruptions on a rare type of star called a magnetar.