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Stephen Mensah, a 90-year-old elder of Ewoyaa, a tiny community in Ghana’s Central Region, would soon lose the place he has ...

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Uzbekistan’s future in the critical minerals market will not be defined by its abundance of resources, but by the policies it enacts to ensure an economic boom does not come at the cost of ...

Spain is aiming to tap its unexplored strategic mining resources as the EU urgently seeks to ramp up production, but local ...

A new study suggests battery recyclers could reduce environmental impacts and costs by replacing harsh chemicals with a neutral solvent to recover minerals.

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