Japan and the European Union will consider joint public-private partnerships as they look to reduce their reliance on China in areas such as the procurement of rare earths, the Nikkei newspaper ...

The Government of India launched the National Critical Mineral Mission (NCMM) in 2025 to establish a robust framework for self-reliance in the critical mineral sector.

As rare earth magnet shortages threaten India’s EV and defence sectors, a little-known state-run firm, 75 years old, is ...

The Pentagon took a $400mn equity stake in Litinsky’s MP Materials last week and promised to buy its output for nearly 10 years at double the current market price. Apple on Tuesday agreed to a $500mn ...

MP Materials’ goal to become a national rare-earths “champion” that can go toe-to-toe with China was turbocharged by Pentagon ...

Japan’s $26 billion deep-sea discovery of cobalt and nickel near Minami-Tori-shima may be rendered obsolete after scientists ...

Japan's lucrative $26 billion deep-sea find could be rendered worthless after a technological breakthrough. A survey by The Nippon Foundation and the University of Tokyo found a field of dense ...

Nvidia ( NASDAQ: NVDA) said Tuesday it hopes to resume sales of its H20 GPUs to Chinese clients, citing U.S. government ...

This initiative could not have come at a more crucial time. In April 2025, China imposed new export restrictions on several ...

The US DoD has taken a blowtorch to the critical minerals market with a $US400M equity investment into America’s only ...

Mahindra and Uno Minda has expressed interest in investing in local production of rare earth magnets in India, but didn't give a timeline for that.