Fast Metals is treating waste with more waste to extract critical minerals

Aluminum production has saddled the world with billions of tons of caustic waste. One startup has a plan to clean it up and turn a profit.

Earth AI is vertically integrating the search for critical minerals

When Earth AI started hitting months-long delays in its search for critical minerals, it decided to take matters into its own hands.

Inside a $1.1B deal to reshore critical minerals refining

Critical minerals startup Nth Cycle is betting that its modular approach to nickel refining can make the practice viable in the U.S. and Europe.

Trump’s critical mineral reserve is an admission that the future is electric

The administration’s $12 billion stockpile of critical minerals is aimed at blunting China’s influence. But it also revels the direction of the global economy.