California-based company Impossible Metals asked the Trump administration earlier this month to auction off mining leases for ...

Mineral extraction has become central to U.S. security and trade policy. But can Arizona mines extract minerals responsibly?

President Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate a Democratic-aligned fundraising site, and the FBI arrested a ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) on Thursday to promote the deep-sea mining industry, marking the latest effort ...

Environmental groups are decrying an executive order signed by President Donald Trump to expedite deep-sea mining for ores ...

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at making it easier for companies to mine the ocean floor. Scientists and environmentalists worry it could harm an ecosystem we don't know much about.

U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman ruled that a key part of President Donald Trump’s March 27 order can’t be enforced at ...

The Trump administration hoped that mining critical minerals could boost U.S. GDP by $300 billion over 10 years and create ...

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that aims to permit, for the first time, industrial mining of the ...

President Trump signed an executive order to boost the U.S. deep-sea mining industry for critical minerals. Supporters say ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday was making an announced trip to the southern border -- without reporters -- as he ...

Trump wants an expedited permitting process in place for deep sea mining in 60 days. Advocates say the ocean should be protected, not extracted.