Scientists have found a promising new way to manufacture one of industry’s toughest materials—tungsten carbide–cobalt—using advanced 3D printing. Normally, producing this ultra-hard material requires ...

Precious metals like palladium and platinum are often used as chemical catalysts, but true to their name, they’re expensive to source. Scientists may have just found a cheaper alternative.

Gold and other heavy elements are born in some of the universe’s most violent events—but scientists still struggle to understand the nuclear steps that create them. Now, nuclear physicists have ...

Among precious and rare metals, osmium is a niche yet irreplaceable material, overshadowed by gold, silver, platinum and palladium but critical for high-end industry and scientific research thanks to ...

Iran’s arsenal of some 5,000 mines could further complicate efforts to restart shipping in the Persian Gulf.

It is a Group VIII transition metal on the periodic table and also one of the rarest metals found in nature. As one of the six major members of the platinum-group metal family, osmium has no ...

With war in the Middle East raging, oil prices are soaring. To temper the costs, the United States government is turning to oil stored in massive salt caverns.

Artificial intelligence (AI) may run in the cloud, but its foundations lie deep underground. Behind every autonomous vehicle algorithm, every training run, […] ...

Rio Tinto Plc engages in the exploration, mining, and processing of mineral resources. It operates through the following business segments: Iron Ore, Aluminium, Copper, and Minerals. The Iron Ore ...

The principled independence that defined African diplomacy from Bandung to Pretoria was forged in a world of two competing ...

A strategic partnership between Odisha and Zimbabwe could link Africa’s mineral wealth with Odisha’s industrial infrastructure, strengthening steel, battery materials, and manufacturing ...

Despite this wealth, many African nations remain fiscally constrained. According to the World Bank’s International Debt Statistics 2023, over 20 African ...