Given the increasing importance of rare earths, countries with large reserves are gaining significant economic and political influence.

President Donald Trump says the United States and Ukraine are poised to sign an agreement on rare earth minerals “and other things” — or at least they were before a heated moment between him ...

President Trump signed an executive order invoking war time powers to help boost production of critical minerals and rare earth elements. There is a global race for those materials, but the U.S. lags ...

It’s not certain that Ukraine has any of the 17 rare earth elements, but the country does have other resources potentially of interest to President Donald Trump. The deal could come with long ...