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

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.

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 ...

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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U.S. officials said they confirmed that Beijing would continue to allow for the export of rare earth magnets, one of the provisions of a deal they brokered with the Chinese in June in London. The only ...

China’s quiet release of rare earth quotas is fresh proof that President Trump’s push for American independence on the vital ...

When China restricted rare earth exports to Japan in 2010 during a diplomatic spat, a wild west domestic industry undermined Beijing with rampant smuggling. In a sharp shift that reflects how China ...

Chinese and American trade negotiators concluded their two-day meeting in Stockholm without a clear path forward to avert ...

China's Ministry of State Security says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths materials that it says ...

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.