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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

While China produces 90% of the rare earth magnets used worldwide and consumes most of them, exports ranged from 18% to 50% of total revenue in 2024 among the 11 largest publicly listed magnet ...

China on Friday signaled it would approve the export of rare earth minerals to the U.S., hours after White House officials said the two sides had reached a deal, in what would be a major ...

China on Friday signaled it would approve the export of rare earth minerals to the U.S., hours after White House officials said the two sides had reached a deal, in what would be a major ...

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.

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.