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 ...

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

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

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

China has also taken steps to bring foreign-owned rare earth refineries under domestic control, which aligns with its strategy.A Canadian firm, Neo Performance Materials, recently agreed to sell ...

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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.

China accounts for 61% of global mined rare earth production, but its control over the processing stage is much higher at 92% of the global output, according to the International Energy Agency.