China controls over 90% of the global refinement output of rare earth elements, which are used to power everything from ...

Soaring demand for copper, lithium, and nickel could make the metals more valuable than oil and gas by 2050, Barclays said.

China is limiting US access to critical minerals in response to President Donald Trump’s tariffs, but the move isn’t as ...

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The Chinese government has implemented export controls on seven strategic rare earth metals, over which China holds a ...

China's recent suspension of rare earth mineral exports is escalating trade tensions with the United States, threatening global supply chains and prompting considerations of alternative sourcing ...

China's rare-earth export controls ... China has protected its monopoly with economics rather than technology. Whenever a non‑Chinese refinery or processing plant threatened to scale up ...

One of the rare earths, neodymium, is used in "loudspeakers ... but they are they are "very hazardous to extract." And right ...

Iluka Resources managing director Tom O’Leary said Western governments had acknowledged “China’s monopoly” over rare earths – a position that allows Beijing to control pricing and supply ...

China is targeting a vulnerability in the United States with a strike in Trump’s tariffs war that was decades in the making.

Iluka Resources boss Tom O’Leary says China’s near monopoly in rare earths poses a clear threat to Western nations as his ...

China's near-monopoly There's no disputing that the rare earth market is profoundly concentrated. At the center is China, whose dominance in both mining and processing gives it a "near monopoly." ...