Chinese export limits are energizing a push for more domestic mining of these minerals, which are used in electronics and military applications.

On the heels of massive US tariffs, China’s recent export curbs on 7 rare earth elements expose a key US vulnerability: ...

The U.S. relies on China for about 70% of its rare earth imports. New Chinese restrictions on exports of the key minerals ...

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A Brazilian rare earths mine backed by American investors illustrates China’s grip over the strategic minerals that underpin ...

Despite the name, most REEs are not particularly rare. They were called “rare-earth elements” because, when they were ...

Rare earth elements, often relegated to obscure corners of the periodic table, are the essential building blocks of modern ...

The big utility of rare earth metals is that they are essential to modern technology, and for South Africa to leverage its mining industry is one way to play to its strengths.

SOLVAY has expanded production of European rare earths and said customers must now buy local before it invests any further to ...

China's halt on rare earth metal exports, including Dysprosium and Neodymium crucial for technologies like EVs and missiles, ...

Blocking and regulating the export of so-called critical materials is a deadly geopolitical weapon for the US, and for the rest of the West. But it is only part of Xi Jinping's toolbox to counter ...