Rare earths are already feeling the squeeze of Chinese control. Other metals, including copper could end up the same way.

USA Rare Earth recently moved up its planned start of mining at its rare-earth deposit to 2028 and confirmed that its ...

Bessent hosts officials from several countries to discuss reducing reliance on China's critical minerals. Read more.

A Japanese mining ship departed on Monday for a remote coral atoll to probe mud rich in rare earths, part of Tokyo's drive to ...

The rift should also help the company get better prices for its rare earths, said Chief Executive Amanda Lacaze, who is ...

Can the rest of the world challenge Beijing’s dominance of high-performance magnets by developing new mining projects?

Trump says Greenland could help loosen China’s rare earth dominance, but experts say mining there may take years. If it ...

Japan will begin deep-sea rare earth exploration in the South Pacific as it moves to diversify supply chains amid tighter ...

China's rare earth exports in 2025 hit the highest level since at least 2014, even as Beijing began restricting shipments of ...

Japan remains highly dependent on China for rare earths even though it had some success diversifying its supply chain after ...

Beijing is punishing Tokyo for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan, again wielding critical minerals as an ...

A Japanese research vessel on Monday began a historic voyage to attempt to dig deep-sea rare earths at a depth of 6,000 ...