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

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

Greenland’s harsh environment, lack of key infrastructure and difficult geology have prevented anyone from building a mine to ...

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 ...

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

As global competition for rare earths intensifies, Greenland’s reserves are likely to remain central to strategic discussions ...

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

Greenland is a rich source of the so-called rare earth minerals that are a key component of cellphones, computers, batteries ...

Tokyo has begun a seabed mining trial near Minamitori Island as it seeks to cut reliance on Chinese rare earth supplies.

Greenland rare earth mining faces harsh climate, weak infrastructure and tough geology—limiting Trump’s supply-chain plans vs ...

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

The drilling vessel is backed by Japanese government funding, and will spend a month collecting rare earth sludge along a ...