Trade adviser Peter Navarro convened the meeting and told the executives that the administration is planning a major push to boost US production of the minerals.

For much of this century, iron ore fines with 62% metal from the Pilbara have set the global standard. But that benchmark is now under pressure.

Brazil's new rare earths tariff will come into play next week, and despite a tariff turn around on Chinese imports, ... Read ...

Despite intensifying rivalry, Beijing and Washington are engaged in a complex strategy of sectoral hedging, balancing ...