While EV manufacturers explore magnet-free motor technology, experts caution about potential performance drawbacks. Urgent ...

China's ongoing export controls on rare earth minerals and magnets, despite a temporary trade truce, are causing significant ...

The brutal trade war between China and the United States has hit a number of industries, but 31 critical minerals, including rare earth elements, were exempted from the tariffs.

the ban is expected to have the biggest impact in so-called “heavy rare earths,” used in EV motors, medical devices and weaponry, where China has a virtual monopoly on refining. “This should ...

Picture: AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, China has near-total global control of rare earth refining at around 90 per cent and its monopoly on heavy rare earth processing is 98 per cent, she noted.

Resources minister Madeleine King expects Labor’s critical minerals strategic reserve to deliver financial returns to the tax ...

The Safe Battery Collection and Recycling Act allows the manufacturers of these batteries to set up and importantly, pay for, ...

China has a near monopoly over these rare earth magnets. A senior executive from the Indian car industry told The Indian Express that importers are now required to give their Chinese suppliers an ...