Jacob Lorinc

The US Army struck deals with several companies to build critical minerals processing plants on military bases around the country, a first-of-its-kind initiative by the Trump administration to boost domestic production of key materials.

For one of the first times since Nuremberg, a court is considering whether a company’s leaders can be held criminally liable for doing business with a brutal government.

USA Rare Earth Inc. pushed back against allegations by MP Materials Corp., calling a lawsuit filed by its rival an attempt to hinder the company’s growth.

Rare-earth refiner Phoenix Tailings Inc. received a conditional $500 million loan from the Pentagon, the latest White House deal to boost production of rare-earth elements in the US.

One of the world’s largest aluminum producers, Rio Tinto Group, says its shipments of the lightweight metal to the US have bounced back to levels from before President Donald Trump’s tariff offensive.

A US-owned exploration firm has signed a deal with mining veteran Richard Warke’s company to advance a long-stalled gold project in Venezuela, the latest signal of renewed foreign interest in the country’s mineral riches.

A US-owned exploration firm has signed a deal with mining veteran Richard Warke’s company to advance a long-stalled gold project in Venezuela, the latest signal of renewed foreign interest in the country’s mineral riches.

The Appalachian region of the eastern US holds enough lithium to curb America’s reliance on imports for centuries, according to new research by the US Geological Survey, underscoring domestic resource potential as demand for critical minerals accelerates.

Critical Metals Corp. agreed to buy European Lithium Ltd. for about $835 million in a move that will give the US minerals exploration company full ownership of a giant rare earth deposit it’s trying to develop in Greenland.

USA Rare Earth Inc.’s $2.8 billion acquisition of Brazil’s Serra Verde Group is a step toward US independence from China for rare earth metals, said Chief Executive Officer Barbara Humpton.