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 ...

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

China's Ministry of State Security says it is cracking down on alleged smuggling of rare earths materials that it says ...

Top U.S. and Chinese economic officials met in Stockholm on Monday to resume talks to resolve longstanding economic disputes ...

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 ...

China’s export restrictions also put Trump’s attempts to gain control of Greenland in a fresh light. The self-governing Danish island possesses one of the world’s largest known rare earth ...

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 to the United States in June surged more than six times from May levels, following ...

Following talks with the US thought to include reductions in critical mineral export restrictions, China reports 60 per cent ...