The U.S. is opening its first new Wyoming coal mine in decades to extract both coal and critical rare earth metals, inching ...

In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end ...

Nearly half of the world’s heavy rare earths come from Myanmar’s conflict-ridden Kachin State, where China maintains access ...

MP Materials has announced plans to expand rare earth mining and processing operations as Washington seeks to end its ...

While the area has traditionally been renowned for livestock, today the region embodies the stranglehold that China has over ...

The global supply of heavy rare earths hinges in part on the outcome of a months-long battle between a rebel army and the ...

The U.S. government is now pouring real money into recycled electronics to cut its reliance on China, after the Pentagon ...

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

Nintendo’s Switch 2 videogame machine uses a rare-earth magnet to attach its hand-held controllers to the main console, ...

A diplomatic breakthrough with China is the only short-term fix for easing the shortage of rare-earth magnets, a top ...

The deal would see the Defense Department take a 15% stake in MP Materials and spend billions of dollars investing in the ...

The continent wants to reduce the risks of depending so heavily on China for the valuable minerals. The question is how.