The federal government is pushing hard to pinpoint domestic sources of rare earth elements and critical minerals ...

It’ll be a snap to identify gemstones once Robert Downs finishes his library of spectral fingerprints for all the Earth’s minerals. Downs is almost halfway there. So far, the associate professor of ...

Fourth-grade students from Rockford Elementary School recently participated in a mineral classification lab with Jeff Edwards from the Surry County Schools Science Institute. Edwards brought five ...

The U.S. fund overseeing U.S. President Donald Trump's critical minerals deal with Ukraine said on Friday it had appointed advisory firm Alvarez & Marsal to help it identify and size up potential ...