Beijing’s 91% grip on materials vital to defence and electric vehicles is down to its scale, but also its lead in processing.

The $400 million investment will create a domestic supply chain for materials used in fighter jets and missiles.

In the chaos of war, there’s nothing to stop Chinese firms from ravaging the landscape and extracting the minerals, which end ...

MP Materials has announced plans to expand rare earth mining and processing operations as Washington seeks to end its ...

A diplomatic breakthrough with China is the only short-term fix for easing the shortage of rare-earth magnets, a top ...

Rare earths are key materials for many electric vehicle (EV) parts. China has a dominant position in the global rare earth ...

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in April the Trump administration was considering equity investments in critical mineral ...

Following talks with the US thought to include reductions in critical mineral export restrictions, China reports 60 per cent ...

The moves by Apple and the Pentagon are part of a broader U.S. push to nearshore rare earth supply chains. Earlier this year, ...

This comes after China had earlier in April imposed tighter export controls on rare earth magnets — critical components for ...

The deal would see the Defense Department take a 15% stake in MP Materials and spend billions of dollars investing in the ...

China's rare earth export curbs disrupt India's electric vehicle (EV) ambitions, sparking urgent policy shifts and efforts to ...