Have you ever played with a magnet and stuck it in a sandy wash? It will pick up lots of black stuff. Some call it black sand; some might think ...

Infinity Mining has identified the mineral pyrrhotite in drill core at its Cangai copper project in New South Wales, ...

Another reason the United States should boost its domestic mining and processing capacity is national security. China and Russia are major suppliers of critical minerals, giving them both leverage ...

"The importance of rare earth and other critical minerals is hard to overstate ... plus scandium and yttrium—possess unique magnetic and electrochemical properties, making them integral ...

Rare earth minerals, a blanket term for 17 metallic elements found in the earth's crust, possess unique properties such as magnetic capabilities, electrical conductivity and resistance to corrosion.