Ukraine previously offered access to its rare earth minerals in hopes of keeping the Trump administration engaged in its ...

DR Congo is a country in Central Africa but many people do not know that the country hosts many mineral resources important ...

The restrictions were the latest attempt by China since 2023 to leverage its dominance in mining and processing critical minerals used in everything from smartphones and electric car batteries to ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo filed lawsuits against Apple Inc. in France and Belgium accusing the company of using minerals “pillaged” from the central African nation in its ...

An investigation by RFE/RL’s Schemes has found that companies at least partially owned by the Chinese state are feeding ...

Earth AI, an AI-driven mineral exploration company, has raised $20m in an oversubscribed Series B funding round.

a critical mineral used in its iPhones and other electronics, of which more than half of global deposits are in Congo. The criminal complaint alleges that Apple buys tantalum, an ore extracted ...

Britain needs a secure, long-term supply of critical minerals, such as copper, lithium and nickel, which are used to make smartphones ... intelligence systems. On its part, Saudi Arabia, which ...

but last year told the US Securities and Exchange Commission that none of the smelters or refiners in its 3TG supply chain used conflict minerals.

Belgium is moving ahead with its probe into allegations by the Democratic Republic of Congo that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) uses conflict minerals from the African country in its supply chain ...