The agreement highlights a critical gap in China’s semiconductor ambitions: Without access to advanced U.S. software tools, ...

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

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

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

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

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

China mines around 70% and processes around 90% of rare earths. The U.S. is hoping to change that with investment in 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 Ministry of State Security says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths materials that it says ...

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 ...

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.

How China’s new rare-earth export controls target the Pentagon—and the world The licensing system replaces a cruder, less flexible means of economic leverage.