A primer on the critical resources and billions of dollars at stake in a potential deal between Ukraine and the U.S.

A set of chilling maps shows just how damming Vladimir Putin's brazen land grab on Ukraine would be if it ... under Putin's watch with Washington, Oregon and California all being taken.

Given the increasing importance of rare earths, countries with large reserves are gaining significant economic and political influence.

Access to "rare earths" are now also central to many geopolitical disputes, due in part to President Donald Trump, who has said he will make the continuation of U.S. aid to Ukraine contingent on ...

For the second time since Providence nurses launched their strike more than a month ago, the union and healthcare system have reached a tentative deal. Read online ...

Foreign Policy found that Ukraine held “commercially relevant deposits of 117 of the 120 most-used industrial minerals across more than 8,700 surveyed deposits”. open image in gallery A map ...

Manganese is an essential element in steelmaking and batteries. Ukraine is estimated to have the largest total reserves in the world at 2.4 billion tons. However, the deposits are of fairly low grade ...

Critical minerals are in demand around the world for military, technological and other uses. A geoscientist shares what’s ...