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 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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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's tighter rare earth export controls are disrupting Apple's plan to expand manufacturing in India as Dixon Technologies ...

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

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.