American miners are frustrated the Pentagon is looking to Canada, Australia and elsewhere.

The court's ruling had been expected early this year, but was delayed by the filing of additional documents.

Morocco aims to exploit its cobalt reserves as part of the supply chain for rechargeable batteries.

Blaming the Administration for inconsistency in how individual projects are treated is missing the point, writes Andy Home.

The Colmena mission, which means "beehive" in Spanish, will gather lunar minerals that could be useful in future space mining.

Biden's comments on Tuesday were the clearest to date about the rubric administration officials deploy when determining whether or not to support a proposed US mining project.