Space mining could provide access to vast supplies of metals, water, and rare elements that are increasingly difficult to extract on Earth. From metal-rich asteroids to water and helium deposits on ...

Rio Tinto is leading the integration of an exciting new technology that utilizes cosmic rays. Miners are using the technology to identify deposits, improve leaching, and make mines safer. Cosmic rays ...

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Japanese researchers have set sail for an expanse of seabed where they hope to mine rare earths. Their work takes on extra urgency in light of fears about fewer of the materials coming from China. The ...

A Japanese mining ship departed today for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in rare earths, part of Tokyo’s drive to curb its reliance on China for critical minerals as Beijing tightens supply.