Minerals

While the region has a small cache of valuable tellurium, politics and economics are in the way.

Sponsored: With the new politics of clean energy, a substantial, sustainable and secure supply of domestic copper is vital for U.S. economic and national security.

New projects in California's Salton Sea could extract the metal — needed for electric vehicle batteries — at scale.

The need for metals is a problem in search of a solution. Will the United States fill the mining gap?

There’s a long way to go for responsible mining, but a Mexican mine just took the first step with an audit by the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance.

In areas of the ocean beyond national jurisdiction, countries cooperate through the Law of the Sea Convention, ratified by 167 countries and the European Union. The U.S. should join them and help to lead on this issue.

Demand for cobalt is expected to soar in coming years as electric vehicles take to roads everywhere.