It takes lithium and cobalt to build the batteries that power electric vehicles and e-bikes, nickel and rare earth elements ...

While the ability to pull enough minerals from these sources to power the energy transition is still a long way off, ...

Indian trade officials are pushing their American counterparts to stitch their recent critical minerals deal into an upcoming trade agreement, two people aware of the discussions said, a tweak ...

The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo sent a letter to President Donald Trump offering a minerals deal in exchange for a security agreement with the U.S. that would remove violent ...

President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order intended to boost production of critical minerals in the United States and confirmed a deal to gain access to minerals in Ukraine was still on ...

The US wants to get its hands on critical minerals — whether through a deal (now in limbo) with Ukraine or domestic production. On Tuesday President Donald Trump teased efforts to produce more ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that seeks to bolster production of critical minerals in the United States. According to The Hill, the order also confirmed that a deal ...

Conflict minerals are minerals that are high in demand, which makes them valuable to conflict actors to extract and sell to fund armed groups. The profits made from selling these minerals are then ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with President Donald Trump on Friday to sign an agreement that would allow the United States access to Ukraine’s mineral reserves. The deal ...

Explain the role and relevance of critical minerals in the global energy transition. The energy transition is, at its core, a materials transition. Batteries, wind turbines, solar panels ...

Ukraine's minerals have become central to global geopolitics, with the US president, Donald Trump, seeking a deal with Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky to access them. But what are these ...

University of Plymouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Ukraine’s minerals have become central to global geopolitics, with the US president, Donald Trump, seeking a deal with ...