China mines around 70% and processes around 90% of rare earths. The U.S. is hoping to change that with investment in the ...

China has quietly issued its first 2025 rare earth mining and smelting quotas without the typical public statement, sources ...

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 ...

How China’s new rare-earth export controls target the Pentagon—and the world The licensing system replaces a cruder, less flexible means of economic leverage.

Chinese action on the supply and demand sides of lithium is driving the price up, with the potential for it to be used like ...

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

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.

Chinese and American trade negotiators concluded their two-day meeting in Stockholm without a clear path forward to avert ...

The rare earth push - aimed at reducing dependence on China, which processes nearly 90% of global supply - has brought ...

U.S. officials said they confirmed that Beijing would continue to allow for the export of rare earth magnets, one of the provisions of a deal they brokered with the Chinese in June in London. The only ...

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