Both China and Australia have rare earth reserves. But 90% of rare earth refining – which makes them usable in technology – ...

Beijing’s ban on exporting six valuable minerals highlights America’s reliance on China for many raw materials that ...

The country will build a strategic reserve of critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and rare earths in a move to ...

Australia will stockpile critical minerals in a new strategic reserve, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said today, as nations ...

Exporters say they expect to wait months for licenses and even longer if selling to the United States. Minerals that are exported, in the case of antimony, are going to a smaller set of countries.

The Interior secretary frequently talks about an idea that he says could help tackle the national debt crisis.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will spend at least $1.2 billion buying critical minerals for a new stockpile which would ...

and to create a national stockpile (or "reserve") of the minerals, effectively underwriting mines by guaranteeing some demand. Selling ourselves to, but also competing with, our allies Labor's ...

“The strategic reserve will mean government has the power to purchase, own and sell critical minerals found here in Australia. “It will mean we can deal with trade and market disruptions from ...