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China’s Rare Earth Origin Story, Explained
Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on ...
China Has Paid a High Price for Its Dominance in Rare Earths
Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have ...
From glass and steel to rare earth metals, new materials have changed society throughout history
Many modern devices—from cellphones and computers to electric vehicles and wind turbines—rely on strong magnets made from ...
Real bottleneck for the West’s rare earth supplies are processing capabilities and large quantities
Gracelin Baskaran of CSIS says Japan's push to develop deep sea rare earth mining manufacturing capabilities are crucially ...
Japan to begin test mining rare-earth mud from seabed in early 2026
Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1,900 kilometres (1,180 ...
China's foreign minister dismisses European worries over rare earths
China's foreign minister downplayed European worries over rare earth exports restrictions on Thursday, saying it was standard ...
EU Presses China on Rare Earths and Ukraine War
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union's top diplomat urged China's foreign minister on Wednesday to end restrictions on rare ...
How rare earth elements move and accumulate in the desert and other cold regions
They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements ...
Op-ed: It's time for U.S. to treat rare earth metals as instruments of geopolitical power. China already does
The rate earth metals issue shows that it’s time for the United States to treat critical minerals not as commodities, but as ...
US, China formalize deal on rare earth shipments in trade breakthrough
China signaled it would approve the export of rare earth minerals in a statement Friday hours after White House officials ...
Lynas Rare Earths: Leader Of The Ex-China Rare Earths
Lynas Rare Earths is the leading ex-China REE producer that is profitable. Over the past 30 months, LYSDY has invested nearly $1.5 billion to expand its capacity using funds from internal revenues, ...