U.S. adds new elements including copper, silver, uranium to 'critical minerals' list

The Interior Department expanded its list of critical minerals to include new elements such as copper, silver and uranium, ...

U.S. government takes stake in Triangle rare earth magnets startup Vulcan

Vulcan Elements enters $1.4 billion partnership to pay for its first major commercial facility in an industry China currently dominates.

US, Vulcan Elements ink deal to boost rare earth magnet supplies

Vulcan Elements has struck a partnership with the U.S. government and ReElement Technologies to expand domestic rare earth magnet production, the latest effort to secure supplies of critical minerals ...

CERN's electrostatic trap 'recycles' anions to illuminate the heaviest elements

From the burning of wood to the action of medicines, the properties and behavior of matter are governed by the way chemical ...