China has quietly issued its first 2025 rare earth mining and smelting quotas without the typical public statement, sources ...

How China’s new rare-earth export controls target the Pentagon—and the world The licensing system replaces a cruder, less flexible means of economic leverage.

China mines around 70% and processes around 90% of rare earths. The U.S. is hoping to change that with investment in the ...

The U.S. found out this year that China could use its chokehold on rare-earth minerals as a coercive tool. For Japan, it was ...

U.S. officials said they confirmed that Beijing would continue to allow for the export of rare earth magnets, one of the ...

China has released its first set of rare earth mining quotas for 2025 quietly, marking a move to tighten state control over ...

Decades of process innovation and industrial policy helped China corner the rare earths market while the US fell behind.

When China restricted rare earth exports to Japan in 2010 during a diplomatic spat, a wild west domestic industry undermined Beijing with rampant smuggling. In a sharp shift that reflects how China ...

The U.S. and China, two of the world’s largest economies, broke new territory in trade negotiations over rare earth elements.

Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, China October 31, 2010. Picture taken October 31, 2010.

Hyundai Motor India said its production remains unaffected by China’s rare earth export curbs due to sufficient inventory.

The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few ...