Nations are pursuing underwater exploration for highly sought-after rare earth minerals, but the head of the UN’s International Seabed Authority (ISA) said the deep-sea belongs to no single country or ...

WASHINGTON – The United States, under the Trump administration, is intensifying its push for offshore critical mineral ...

African nations risk losing critical mineral control through opaque deals—renegotiation is key to sovereignty, transparency, and lasting benefits.

President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) offered the country’s critical mineral reserves to the United States and Europe in exchange for security and stability. At the ...

“We fear that today’s scramble for critical minerals risks becoming another form of neo-colonial exploitation, destabilizing ...

An initiative to set up an African mineral resource classification system to harmonise exploitation across the continent, is now underway. × The Standard e-Paper ...

Ukraine's parliament has unanimously voted in favour of ratifying a landmark minerals deal with the US, a lawmaker has said. Parliament approved the agreement with 338 members voting in favour ...

The Ministry of Public Security has detained Le Duc Giang and three others amid a deepening investigation into serious ...

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