China has implemented new export controls for rare earth minerals and magnets. The changes could upend the shift to electric ...

At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric ...

Even as US President Donald Trump suspended his “reciprocal tariffs” on major American trading partners last month, he ramped up existing penalties on Chinese goods, injecting more turbulence ...

The U.S. wants to maintain access to China’s rare earth minerals. While China see its dominance of the market as a way to apply major pressure on the U.S. as the two negotiate a broader trade deal.

The restrictions, announced in early April by China’s Ministry of Commerce, target seven rare earth elements – samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium.

These commentators have a point. According to the International Energy Agency, China produces about 61% of rare-earth minerals, and it processes 92%. The anguished reaction from the American press ...

Ukraine is estimated to control as much as a fifth of the world’s rare earth and essential minerals including titanium, zirconium, graphite and lithium, which is essential in making batteries ...

The island’s untapped rare-earth mineral resources are crucial for high-tech development and military advances, which is enough of an enticement that Trump has previously hinted he might use ...