More than 38 billion tons of material were extracted from the Earth in 2017 for trade, a figure that shows how much the demand for raw resources has increased in recent decades, a new United Nations ...

It is no secret that the mass production of cars, telephones, computers and other household goods has led to the accelerated depletion of the earth's resources. Extraction of the remaining minerals is ...

A National Energy Technology Laboratory collaboration with UW’s School of Energy Resources to develop technologies and methods for extracting rare earth elements from coal fly ash has started testing ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Humans have mined a sizable proportion of the gold that can be economically extracted from ...

At an abandoned coal mine just outside the city of Gillette, Wyoming, construction crews are getting ready to break ground on a 10,000-square-foot building that will house state-of-the-art ...

In 2017 alone, more than 38 billion tons of material were extracted for trade. More than 38 billion tons of material were extracted from the Earth in 2017 for trade, a figure that shows how much the ...