Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, ...

An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth, a new ...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory's new tech reduces rare earth elements needed for magnets, licensed by United Rare Earths.

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

With global supplies and costs of rare earths becoming a serious concern among various industries, here's a lowdown on what ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests ...

China has pulled back its rare earths exports, which are vital to everyday technologies and American defense. But the U.S.

Scientists found that the speed at which continents split apart directly influences how molten rock flows deep beneath ...

So Jonathan O’Neil and his team turned to samarium and neodymium isotopes – elements better suited for this kind ... it would make the Nuvvuagittuq belt the oldest known chunk of Earth’s crust, edging ...

While China has a near monopoly on rare earth element processing and refining, it has quietly become reliant on raw materials ...