mineral

Mining companies see enormous wealth in mineral deposits scattered across the seabed, but the fledgling industry has for years been held back by environmental concerns.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

Deep-sea mining companies want to scour the ocean's abyssal plains for mineral deposits and polymetallic nodules laden with nickel, copper and cobalt.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

It has negotiated preferential access to mineral wealth in war-torn countries, and is offering financing for critical-materials projects in which foreign entities supply American companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Instead, much of the carbon is captured and stored in solid mineral form.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026

In the case of springs rich in mineral salts, the cures are easily explained: the salts would help to clean and dry up skin infections.

From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz

Washington has spent the past decade working to secure choke points of the semiconductor industry: fabrication plants, lithography equipment, advanced packaging, critical minerals and the handful of companies that dominate each.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026

"A high fraction of compounds were the product of organic chemistry with minerals," said organic mass spectrometry specialist Phil Schmitt-Kopplin of Technical University Munich.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026

This could be because Trump has a meeting with Xi Jinping on Sept. 24 in Washington, and China has pricing leverage with other commodities, namely rare-earth minerals.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

Canada, like the U.S. and other countries, has also made critical minerals a strategic priority.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

That routine had gone on for months, and the underwater mountain of minerals had slowly grown smaller.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown