Move beyond lithium and its dominance in semiconductors. There exists a group of 17 other metals with mostly ...

The Middle East has oil, China has rare earths.” With those lines, Deng Xiaoping authored a new age of geopolitical supremacy one measured not in terms of barrels of crude, but in the metallic ...

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Automakers are having to find ways to work around the cutback, such as using older technology that is more costly and less ...

Beijing is more openly leveraging its control over rare earths, using them both as a stick to pressure geostrategic rivals ...

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China’s dominance over critical minerals in global supply chains was a powerful bargaining chip in trade talks between Beijing and Washington that concluded with both sides saying they have a ...

Even as China signals it may issue more export permits for Europe and the United States, its tight grip on rare earth metals ...

Rare earths, particularly the small but powerful magnets made from them, are essential to countless high-tech applications.

Beijing’s export controls on critical magnets highlight its leverage in trade talks as US automakers and defence companies ...

Now, in the hillsides of Shan state in eastern Myanmar, Chinese miners are opening new deposits for extraction.

A Chinese-backed militia is protecting new rare earth mines in eastern Myanmar, as Beijing moves to secure control of the ...