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

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 ...

Top U.S. and Chinese economic officials met in Stockholm on Monday to resume talks to resolve longstanding economic disputes ...

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 ...

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

China’s export restrictions also put Trump’s attempts to gain control of Greenland in a fresh light. The self-governing Danish island possesses one of the world’s largest known rare earth ...

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

Following talks with the US thought to include reductions in critical mineral export restrictions, China reports 60 per cent ...

Trump's bid to control Greenland was driven by access to its rare earth minerals, not land ownership, as his administration ...