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While hoping that the boom in electric vehicles and green energy will bring wealth, the people of this nation are apprehensive about repeating past mistakes.
There is a giant gold mine at the end of the Earth but strangely, few people exploit it.
This is also one of the driving forces urging countries to seek to conquer the Moon again.
Researchers fear plans to build a giant canopy to protect the Antarctic ice shelf could spark political tensions between countries.
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Rare earth elements are distributed widely around the world. However, rare earths are difficult and expensive to mine and refine, making them an extremely valuable resou…
Experts estimate that the amount of silver discovered on Earth could fit into a cube with sides 55m long.
The rare earth elements, a group of 17 metals, are relatively abundant in the Earth's crust but their extraction is extremely difficult.
Global cobalt demand is expected to quadruple by 2030, driven largely by the widespread adoption of electric vehicles, according to a report by the World Economic Forum.
This country owns up to 90% of the global reserves. A small bean-sized stone costs up to 255 million VND.
The Midcontinent Rift Zone in North America has the potential to become a huge source of natural hydrogen production, meeting the world's clean energy needs.
Geologists have discovered a huge gold deposit estimated at more than 1,000 tonnes, worth a total of about $83 billion, in Hunan province, central China.
On October 29, researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) announced that they had successfully extracted a 324-meter-long ice core from the thickest glacier…
The new method allows up to 90% of lithium to be extracted from high-altitude salt lakes without depleting freshwater resources.