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 ...

With outreach to Myanmar’s military regime and discussions about a similar outreach to rebels, US President Donald Trump appears to be opening up a new front against China with eyes on Myanmar’s rare ...

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

China’s exports of rare-earth magnets increased nearly threefold in June from the previous month, after the country lifted ...