Rare earth elements are essential for products ranging from electric vehicles and wind turbines to robots, advanced ...

An otherwise nondescript mountainside in West Texas could be part of the Trump administration’s solution to ending the United States’ reliance on countries like China for rare-earth materials that are ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan and the United States will jointly study developing rare earth mining in the waters around Minamitori Island in the Pacific, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on ...

In a bid to reduce dependence on China for rare earth minerals, Japan and the United States have agreed to explore the possibility of rare earth mining near Minamitori Island in the Pacific, according ...

The United States has known for years that its economy runs on materials that it can’t control. The rare-earth metals that power F-35 fighter jets, electric vehicles, and iPhones mostly comes from one ...

TEP provided a $200m strategic equity facility to speed up the commercial rollout of ReElement’s multi-mineral refining ...

At the edge of California’s Mojave Desert, the Mountain Pass mine looks like any other stretch of dust and rock. But for decades, this lonely pit supplied the world with the rare-earth elements that ...

Greenland's harsh environment, lack of key infrastructure and difficult geology have so far prevented anyone from building a ...

An under-construction rare earths processing plant in eastern China, where the crucial minerals prove a strategic leverage - Copyright AFP Hector RETAMAL An under ...