Rare earth elements are the backbone of advanced technologies, but their extraction and purification are energy-intensive and ...

Earlier this month, the Chinese government escalated things even further, subjecting seven rare earth elements to a more ...

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

A staff member checks monocrystalline silicon wafers at JA Solar Technology Co. Ltd., in Baotou, a city in China's Inner ...

A new breakthrough in science could reshape how rare earth elements are separated, extracted, and reused—something that ...

A research team involving University of Iowa chemists reports a new oxidation state for a rare earth chemical element, a ...

Western Digital and Microsoft are testing new ways to recover precious materials from old hardware as trade tariffs and other ...

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

Researchers at HSE University and the Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis of the Russian Academy of Sciences have discovered ...

AI's growth and the energy transition are set to spark a mineral supercycle - reshaping industries and straining supply ...

Rare earth metals are the lifeblood of AI tech development ... implying serious consequences for prices and technological advancement These elements, unique for their magnetic qualities, are ...

The AI boom has fueled a fresh surge of demand for rare earth ... elements, unique for their magnetic qualities, are the lifeblood of semiconductor and data center technology. Yet critical metals ...