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Brazil uses ‘gold fingerprinting’ to fight illegal mining in the Amazon
Environment
Brazil uses ‘gold fingerprinting’ to fight illegal mining in the Amazon
By Gabriela Sa Pessoa and The Associated PressJuly 24, 2026
Andrew Forrest, chairman of Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., during a panel session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, China, on Tuesday, June 23, 2026.
C-Suite
Mining CEO worth $24 billion nearly drowned and had to break his own leg in a freak hiking accident—he used the recovery time to go back to school
By Eleanor PringleJuly 8, 2026
Gina Rinehart
Investing
Australia’s richest person just bought a SpaceX stake worth more than $1 billion. ‘Elon has done what very few people in history have done’
By Jacqueline MunisJune 15, 2026
deep-sea mining equipment
Environment
China dominates the minerals that power AI. But one company claims there’s enough supply on the ocean floor to last for hundreds of years
By Jake AngeloMay 15, 2026
White House–backed USA Rare Earth makes $3 billion acquisition in South America to combat Chinese dominance
Energy
White House–backed USA Rare Earth makes $3 billion acquisition in South America to combat Chinese dominance
By Jordan BlumApril 20, 2026
Beijing’s dominance in rare earth processing leaves others scrambling to close the gap: ‘China is the leader, and the U.S. is far behind’
Asia
Beijing’s dominance in rare earth processing leaves others scrambling to close the gap: ‘China is the leader, and the U.S. is far behind’
By Angelica AngMarch 11, 2026
Vice President JD Vance looking at a crowd during a speech.
North America
Metals are the new oil, JD Vance pitches to America: ‘There’s no realer thing than critical minerals’
By Tristan BoveFebruary 5, 2026
Photo of Donald Trump
Innovation
It took the U.S. decades to respond to the 1970s energy shock with a strategic oil reserve, now it’s rerunning that playbook with rare earths
By Tristan BoveFebruary 2, 2026
Donald Trump with a frown.
Politics
3 big hurdles undermine Trump’s plan to extract Greenland’s mineral wealth—and America’s fraying relationship with Europe is one of them
By Tristan BoveJanuary 30, 2026
Greenland
Politics
Greenland’s 1.5 million tons of rare earths might never get mined because there just aren’t any roads to them
By Josh Funk, Suman Naishadham and The Associated PressJanuary 11, 2026
Donald Trump speaks into a microphone
Politics
Trump’s Greenland takeover would require ‘billions upon billions’ spent over decades for a mineral industry that doesn’t yet exist, experts say
By Lily Mae LazarusJanuary 7, 2026
mine
Economy
‘You can’t see China now as a reliable supply-chain partner’: Graphite mines forsaken for 70 years come back into fashion
By Michael Hill and The Associated PressDecember 27, 2025
resident Donald Trump, right, shakes the hand of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, October 20, 2025, in Washington.
Energy
Trump promises ‘so much critical mineral and rare earth that you won’t know what to do with them’ after signing $8.5b deal with Australia
By Seung Min Kim, Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressOctober 21, 2025
Jeremy Siegel, the Russell E. Palmer Professor of Finance at the Wharton School, addresses the Securities Industry Association during their annual meeting in Boca Raton, Florida, Thursday, November 10, 2005.
Economy
‘Scandalous’: Top economist Jeremy Siegel says U.S. sleepwalked into rare earths crisis as China tightens its grip
By Eva RoytburgOctober 13, 2025
President Donald Trump listens as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025, in Washington.
Workplace Culture
Trump is greenlighting an Alaska megamine—and taking a government stake in the company digging it up
By Matthew Daly and The Associated PressOctober 7, 2025
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