Mining critical minerals such as lithium and cobalt fuels the "green" energy and digital transitions essential to meeting ...

Electrification of transportation and the power grid all but require lithium to make batteries—but mining it takes a toll on ...

In her new book, Thea Riofrancos explores the environmental and social costs of the race to embrace green solutions like ...

Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden have both made it a priority to secure a sufficient supply of critical minerals from the ground. But some in the current Trump administration have called for ...

Nigeria's mineral endowment is not a secret. Gold, lithium, tantalum, and many other critical minerals lie beneath West Africa's most promising geological terrain: the Pan-African orogenic belt, a ...

There is a troubling contradiction at the heart of the global transition to a cleaner, greener, tech-driven future: Modern ...

Investment must come from a mix of local and international players, combining domestic capital with experienced global mining ...

The move is in line with a broader move by African governments to increase domestic value extraction from mineral resources.

Mining might not be something you think about daily, but every physical product we use and depend on is dependent on natural resources that come from and are extracting from the Earth. AI is ...