Chinese companies are accelerating their global investment in mining operations, particularly in critical minerals, leading to concerns among Western nations about China's increasing dominance in ...

The clean energy revolution is being built on the backs of enslaved children and at the cost of strengthening China.

Critical mineral mining is accelerating to meet green energy demands but faces environmental and human rights challenges.

China’s CMOC Group produced more cobalt at its two mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the first half of this year, despite the African nation’s ban on exports. The world’s largest ...

Emiratis and Saudis have stepped up their investments on the continent, particularly in copper and lithium projects.

A new bill would allow the Pentagon to fast-track the mining of raw materials needed for weapons systems, which proponents ...

Company received a major boost in April when Trump issued an executive order asserting America’s right to mine beneath the ...

Cobalt futures prices in China surged to levels last seen mid-March on Monday after the Democratic Republic of Congo extended its concentrate export ban first instituted in February. In a surprise ...

The U.S. government is now pouring real money into recycled electronics to cut its reliance on China, after the Pentagon ...

The continent wants to reduce the risks of depending so heavily on China for the valuable minerals. The question is how.

As rare earth supply chains are disrupted by tariffs and other trade barriers with China, e-waste recycling is growing as a ...