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The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few ...
Decades of process innovation and industrial policy helped China corner the rare earths market while the US fell behind.
Trump, who sued the WSJ and its owners including Rupert Murdoch for at least $10 billion on Friday over the newspaper's ...
Japan is preparing to stir a sleeping world. The goal isn’t oil or gas — it’s mud. Mud that’s packed with the rare earth ...
The United States and other countries will have to replicate China’s processing capabilities to dismantle one of Beijing’s ...
China has been able to entirely cut off Europe and the U.S. from several critical rare earth metals. How did it develop such a stranglehold on an industry the U.S. once controlled?
Japan will begin test mining for rare-earth-rich mud from the deep seabed off Minamitori Island, some 1 900 km southeast of Tokyo, in January next year, the head of the government-backed project ...
Wyoming's first new coal mine in 50 years is said to be operating soon but it won't rely on the fossil fuel to make money.
Japan imported 582.4 million yen ($3.96 million) worth of Chinese rare-earth materials in May, Finance Ministry data shows, down 72.4% from a year earlier.
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science ...
China risks global heavy rare-earth supply to stop Myanmar rebel victory A satellite image shows an overview of new rare-earth mines in Myanmar's Shan state on May 6. | Maxar Technologies / via ...