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 ...

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.