Vulcan Elements opened its first plant on March 31 in Durham. A few days later, the escalating U.S.-China trade war shoved ...

It’s the rare-earth metals one. Beijing is restricting exports of the metals, which are critical for electric vehicles, ...

China’s new restrictions on exports of the metals could have an impact on the production of everything from LED lights to ...

Beijing has a virtual monopoly on rare earth minerals—the materials that power everything from military planes to your electric toothbrush.

There are 17 rare earth elements (REEs) in all — 15 lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium. It's a fairly diverse group, with ...

The U.S.-China tariff battle is heating up again, with China stopping exports of rare earth minerals and magnets. This will ...

Rare earth minerals fuel EVs, jets, and MRIs—but China controls 69% of production and 90% of refining. Can the world break ...

London-listed Harena Resources says metallurgical test results have confirmed that ionic clay-hosted rare earth elements (REEs) can be efficiently recovered from its 75%-owned Ampasindava project, in ...

As the U.S.–China trade war ramps up, rare earths are among the most important pieces of leverage that China controls. There ...

As U.S. President Donald Trump turns up the tariff heat on China, Beijing is targeting ever more of the United States' ...

Rare earth magnets are stronger in terms of weight or volume than any other magnet type. The REEs praseodymium, neodymium, samarium and dysprosium are often used in rare earth magnets, which are ...