Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have ...

Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on ...

As global clean-tech ambitions accelerate and geopolitical shifts shake up supply chains amid China's imposition of export ...

While rare earths magnets from China are beginning to flow again, customers remain on edge about the threat of future ...

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

China's foreign minister downplayed European worries over rare earth exports restrictions on Thursday, saying it was standard ...

Western companies are struggling to secure approvals for rare-earth imports from Chinese authorities, despite the U.S.-China ...

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China’s dominance of the rare earths supply chain has emerged as a potent tool in its renewed trade war with the United States. The minerals are used to power everything from iPhones to fighter ...

The US trade war with China has a major sticking point: rare earths minerals. Last month, President Donald Trump said the United States needed Greenland “very badly,” renewing his threat to ...

And China has our rare earth magnet supply in a chokehold. As is especially clear today, China could, with a single export control, shut down almost all critical U.S. defense and commercial ...

On a special episode (first released on May 28, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: We need rare earth minerals for use in items we rely on for modern life. New tech holds possibilities for mining at ...