In the Bronze Age, the so-called Nuraghe culture flourished in Sardinia. A culture that is known for tower-like stone ...

Disposable vape devices may seem sleek, harmless, and even stylish, but their hidden dangers are coming into focus. Recent scientific studies reveal that these popular e-cigarettes release toxic ...

Two-dimensional nanomaterials only a few atoms thick are being explored for a range of critical applications in biomedicine, electronics, nanodevices, energy storage and other areas, especially to ...

Mining and metals advocacy group the ICMM has launched its ‘Global Mining Dataset’, to address the lack of reliable, standardised data for the mining and metals sector. The ICMM says the new dataset ...

The Metals Company recently got a fresh capital injection -- enough to last two or more years. The future rare earth miner still needs to get through regulatory hurdles before it can start operations.

Metals, particularly nickel and vanadium, and sulfate particles are the components of fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) that most strongly contribute to the association between long-term exposure ...

Both countries have been pushing to reduce reliance on China, which dominates the global rare earths industry, and to secure raw materials needed for technologies such as wind turbines, electric ...

Many useful metals unearthed from U.S. mines are discarded. When mining operations dig for valuable metals, they often exhume ore containing other metals too. These by-product elements are usually ...

Copper’s (HG1:COM) volatility since early April has been off the hook. We have seen new highs twice, a plunge to $4, and another plunge to just over $4.30 per pound on the nearby COMEX futures ...

The Metals Company aims to harvest trillions of metal-rich nodules from the Pacific's Clarion-Clipperton Zone. Regulatory approval from the International Seabed Authority is the biggest hurdle, though ...

Farran Powell is the managing editor of investing at Forbes Advisor. She was previously the assistant managing editor of investing at U.S. News & World Report. Her work has appeared in numerous ...