New research from Adelaide University has revealed that geological processes dating back billions of years are critical to locating the rare earth elements needed for modern technologies and the ...

There’s a saying in mine country, the kind that sometimes shows up on bumper stickers: “If it can’t be grown, it has to be mined.” Before mining can ever start, though, there has to be ore in the ...

Researchers may have found a new way to locate deposits of rare earth elements that are vital to the tech and energy industries. Rare earth elements crystallize in Earth's mantle inside blobs of magma ...