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Trump administration works to break China’s rare earth mineral stranglehold on Africa

The State Department has told Fox News Digital it is working to reduce the "national security" threat to the U.S. from China’s domination of the rare earth minerals market, with new signs that Africa ... Read More

A New Global Treasure Map Shows Where the World’s Rare Earth Minerals Are Hidden

Rare earth minerals have become the backbone of modern technology, fueling everything from smartphones and electric vehicles to advanced military systems. As nations race to secure these vital ... Read More

How Rare-Earth Minerals and Supply Chains Are Rewriting Global Power

And Why China’s Dirty Secret Keeps It Years Ahead of the U.S. They’re buried deep beneath the earth—muddy, toxic, and invisible to most of the world. Yet without these obscure metals, the magnets that ... Read More

Xi Risks Global Blowback If China Cuts Off Rare Earths for Japan

From warning tourists to halting seafood imports, China has followed a well-worn playbook in punishing Japan for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks linking a Taiwan conflict to her country’s ... Read More

US, Japan leaders sign rare earths, nuclear power deal ahead of Trump-Xi meeting

TOKYO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Japan and the United States agreed to a deal on new-generation nuclear power reactors and rare earths, as Tokyo seeks a way back to export markets for its nuclear technology ... Read More

Trump’s $8.5 Billion Effort to Secure a Rare Earths Supply Chain

Felicity Bradstock is a freelance writer specialising in Energy and Finance. She has a Master’s in International Development from the University of Birmingham, UK. The U.S. and Australia signed an ... Read More

How U.S. Defense Industry Dodged a Rare-Earth Shortage After China’s Curbs

America’s ability to make precision-guided missiles was threatened during Trump’s tariff war. But experienced players have rescued the supply chain, for now. Read More

Can Australia Save U.S. Rare Earths? Trump, Albanese Confirm Deal

The issue is that the U.S. imposition of tariffs on China, in a dramatic trade war, led China before May to ban the export of heavy rare earth metals to the U.S. In October, stricter export controls ... Read More

Global demand for rare earths is wreaking havoc on one of Asia’s mightiest river systems

Global demand for rare earth minerals is driving the toxic pollution of some of Asia’s most important rivers, threatening the health and livelihoods of tens of millions of people. Rare earths are at ... Read More

How Japan Built a Rare-Earth Supply Chain Without China

The 15-year effort by Japan is a model for countries now scrambling to reduce their dependence on Beijing’s critical metals. Sojitz, a Japanese conglomerate, turned to Lynas, an Australian mining ... Read More

China Forges Rare Earths Alliance with Developing Nations

China is launching a global cooperation initiative on green minerals with developing nations as it looks to consolidate its dominance in rare earth elements and other critical minerals. At the G-20 ... Read More