Rare Earth Stocks: 7 Critical Questions About Project Vault and the Mining Boom

InvestorPlace - Stock Market News, Stock Advice & Trading Tips President Donald Trump announced “Project Vault” on February 2, ...
WISH-TV

Cicero man mines legendary opal

CICERO, Ind. (Hamilton County Reporter) — Dean Caldwell of Cicero has been mining opal and obsidian for six months of the year in Mexico for the last 15 years. Last year, he pulled an opal out of the ...
The Daily Signal

New Rare-Earth Mine in Wyoming Challenges China’s Dominance

Philip Roberts is an intern with The Daily Signal. The first new U.S. rare-earth mine in 70 years broke ground this month in Wyoming. Ramaco Brook Mine, which contains 1.7 million tons of rare earth ...
The New York Times

A Toxic Pit Could Be a Gold Mine for Rare-Earth Elements

At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric cars, medical advances and national defense. Ongoing extraction inside the ...
Mongabay

Rare earth mining expands into Laos, threatening entire Mekong River

Satellite data show at least 27 new rare earth mines have opened across Laos since 2022, mostly in protected areas and many within the Mekong River Basin, raising transboundary pollution risks for ...
The Washington Post

Trump covets rare earth riches, but Greenland plans to mine its own business

Greenland, the world’s largest island, lies mostly inside the Arctic Circle; 80 percent of the island is covered in an ice sheet that on average is 1.4 miles deep. Because of warmer Atlantic currents ...
The White House

For Securing the Supply of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths through Mining and Processing

Whereas, the United States of America (the “United States” or “U.S.”) and Japan (together, the “Participants”) intend to support the supply of raw and processed critical minerals and rare earths ...
Mongabay

Satellite data show burst of deforestation in Myanmar rare earth mining hotspots

The largely unregulated mining of rare earth minerals in Myanmar’s Kachin state is taking a heavy toll on forests, rivers and human health, according to sources and satellite imagery collected by ...