MP Materials’ goal to become a national rare-earths “champion” that can go toe-to-toe with China was turbocharged by Pentagon investment. But its journey there highlights the hurdles American ...

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 ...

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

Gracelin Baskaran of CSIS says Japan's push to develop deep sea rare earth mining manufacturing capabilities are crucially ...

China's exports of rare earths in June climbed to their highest since 2009, according to official data, indicating a push by ...