President Donald Trump has dialed down his confrontational tone with China in an effort to secure a summit with counterpart Xi Jinping and a trade deal with the world’s second-largest economy, people ...

The moves by Apple and the Pentagon are part of a broader U.S. push to nearshore rare earth supply chains. Earlier this year, ...

This comes after China had earlier in April imposed tighter export controls on rare earth magnets — critical components for ...

China has imposed export controls on two items on which it holds an almost complete global monopoly: the world’s currently ...

Only a few years ago, the Biden administration declared export controls a “new strategic asset” to help the US maintain “as ...

Rare earths are key materials for many electric vehicle (EV) parts. China has a dominant position in the global rare earth ...

The US, under President Trump, is allowing Nvidia to resume H20 AI chip sales to China, reversing earlier export bans. This ...

Apple secured a $500 million deal with MP Materials for U.S.-made rare earth magnets, reducing reliance on China.

Beijing’s 91% grip on materials vital to defence and electric vehicles is down to its scale, but also its lead in processing.

China has put export restrictions on technologies critical for producing electric vehicle batteries, in a move to consolidate its dominance in the sector that has contributed to the country’s lead in ...

MP Materials inks $500M deal with Apple to make rare earth magnets, as Pentagon backs domestic mining to reduce China ...