Earlier this month, the Chinese government escalated things even further, subjecting seven rare earth elements to a more ...

From fighter planes to nuclear reactor rods and smartphones, rare earth minerals are vital to a wide array of products. As ...

As geopolitical and trade tensions rise, China’s dominance of both mining and processing means these niche metals have become ...

MP Materials, operator of the Mountain Pass mine in California’s Mojave Desert, is ramping up supplies of the critical ...

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China has suspended rare earth exports in retaliation to President Trump’s recent tariff hikes. Click to read.

As the trade war continues to escalate, China has hit back at Trump by suspending exports of rare earth minerals.

The practice of deep-sea mining involves using heavy machinery to remove minerals and metals from the seabed, where they ...

rare earth minerals are vital to a wide array of products. As geopolitical and trade tensions rise, China’s dominance of both mining and processing means these niche metals have become a cudgel ...