The U.S. Interior Department on Thursday took steps to increase recovery of critical minerals, used in everything from ...

Russia would love nothing more than to weaken China’s grip on the global rare earth mineral market by having the Americans create a new—and massive—demand for their supplies.

For Joshua Ballard, the US' trade war against China has been a game-changer. The CEO of USA Rare Earth - a company launched ...

Rare earths miners Lynas and Australian Strategic Minerals are cashing in on a geopolitical contest between China and the US ...

The global scramble for critical minerals is hardening into a resource cold war. Rare earths have long hogged the limelight, ...

About 90% of the U.S.'s rare earth minerals come from China, the world's largest producer of rare earths, according to data from the Geological Survey.

About 90% of the U.S.'s rare earth minerals come from China, the world's largest producer of rare earths, according to data from the Geological Survey.

They’re also almost completely controlled by China. Between 2020 and 2023, 70% of our rare earth imports came from China, according to Statista. That number jumped to 80% last year.

Hey Taylor: I was reading about the trade issues with the US and China and saw something about rare earth minerals. I assumed most of the trade war stuff was about electronics and energy rights, but ...

Burton said that little scientific research has been published on sediment-hosted rare earth elements in cold regions, especially by American scientists. That's in part because most of the metals ...

In minute quantities, the minerals known as heavy rare earth metals are crucial to many of the machines that power modern living, like mobile phones and electric cars. But mining them is often ...