Von der Leyen visits Japan for two days starting Tuesday. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold a summit with von ...

MP Materials surges 311% YTD with U.S. magnet deals, but Lynas' rising earnings and cheaper valuation may offer better value.

When China began its crackdown on the sector some fifteen years ago, there were hundreds of miners and processors. By 2013 ...

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

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

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo… ...

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 miles) southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the ...

Japan is preparing to stir a sleeping world. The goal isn’t oil or gas — it’s mud. Mud that’s packed with the rare earth metals powering our digital and green future.

The Trump administration is exploring proposals to secure Myanmars rare earth minerals, aiming to reduce U.S. dependence on ...

China has been able to entirely cut off Europe and the U.S. from several critical rare earth metals. How did it develop such a stranglehold on an industry the U.S. once controlled?

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 ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin The Trump administration has also moved to fast-track seabed mining in international waters following ...