The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...

China has quietly issued its first 2025 rare earth mining and smelting quotas without the typical public statement, sources ...

China mines around 70% and processes around 90% of rare earths. The U.S. is hoping to change that with investment in the ...

U.S. officials said they confirmed that Beijing would continue to allow for the export of rare earth magnets, one of the ...

China has released its first set of rare earth mining quotas for 2025 quietly, marking a move to tighten state control over ...

China’s evolving export control regime targets a broad spectrum of other mineral resources and advanced technologies beyond ...

Decades of process innovation and industrial policy helped China corner the rare earths market while the US fell behind.

The U.S. and China, two of the world’s largest economies, broke new territory in trade negotiations over rare earth elements.

China's Ministry of State Security says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths materials that it says ...

Chinese action on the supply and demand sides of lithium is driving the price up, with the potential for it to be used like ...

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. Picture taken October 31, 2010.

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