Using artificial intelligence can feel like magic. You type a prompt, and your answer instantly, effortlessly appears. But the magic is an illusion. This one prompt uses roughly 10 times more energy than a standard […]
Tag: Metals and Minerals
Not Just ‘Rare Earths’: U.S. Gets Many Critical Minerals From China
Three years ago, after the pandemic had laid bare the world’s vulnerability to supply-chain disruptions, the U.S. government designated a large swath of the periodic table of elements — 50 minerals in all — as […]
Trump Administration Lifts Mining and Drilling Restrictions in Nevada and New Mexico
The Trump administration has opened thousands of acres of land in Nevada and New Mexico to oil and gas drilling, geothermal development and hard-rock mining, reversing protections that President Joseph R. Biden Jr. enacted during […]
Mining Company Seeks Trump Support to Shortcut Access to Seabed Metals
The long-running battle over whether to allow Pacific Ocean seabed mining took an unexpected turn Thursday when a company disclosed it had been confidentially negotiating a plan with the Trump administration to circumvent a United […]
