India currently produces only 1 per cent of global output in critical rare earth minerals even though it has 6 per cent of ...

The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few ...

However, this “trump card” did not come into China’s possession overnight. Behind its global dominance in rare earth exports lies a long history of weak technology and resou ...

For example, Australia's rare earth separation facilities can meet only 30 percent of Japan's domestic demand, and Japan still mainly relies on China with the remaining. Therefore, the US is forming ...

Japan is preparing to stir a sleeping world. The goal isn’t oil or gas — it’s mud. Mud that’s packed with the rare earth ...

Beijing uses its near-monopoly on critical minerals to win trade concessions. Can the U.S. find alternate supplies?

The United States and other countries will have to replicate China’s processing capabilities to dismantle one of Beijing’s ...

China has been able to entirely cut off Europe and the U.S. from several critical rare earth metals. How did it develop such a stranglehold on an industry the U.S. once controlled?

The rational response to China’s challenge would be, “back to the future,” by defeating Trump’s drill-baby-drill agenda and ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1 900 km southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the government-backed project ...

In the arid expanse of Fort Worth, Texas, workers in protective gear labor over vats of molten metal, heated to a blistering 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit, crafting rare-earth metalsa ...

MP Materials’ goal to become a national rare-earths “champion” that can go toe-to-toe with China was turbocharged by Pentagon investment. But its journey there highlights the hurdles American ...