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

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

Non-Chinese rare earth producers have been conspicuously absent from mining’s top tier, now worth a collective $1.5 trillion, ...

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 ...

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

Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1 900 km southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the government-backed project ...

It is an opportunity to build domestic capacity, strike deals with other countries and address dependency in its green energy ...

The United States and other countries will have to replicate China’s processing capabilities to dismantle one of Beijing’s ...

China has been able to entirely cut off Europe and the U.S. from several critical rare earth metals. How did it develop such ...

The Government of India launched the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM) in 2025 to establish a robust framework for self-reliance in the critical mineral sector.

Beijing uses its near-monopoly on critical minerals to win trade concessions. Can the U.S. find alternate supplies?