China on Friday (May 9) said it would crack down on the smuggling of strategic minerals as it enforces an export ban on ...

Producers of tungsten products in developed nations, including those in the defence sector, are waking up to the need to ...

China’s new restrictions on exports of the ... So, what exactly are these metals, and why are they so important? There are 17 types of metals known as rare earths, which span the periodic ...

Seventeen types of metals that are essential in tech ... have a higher atomic weight and are more rare. China has almost 70% of the world's rare earth production, while the U.S. has one rare ...

On April 4, after years of veiled warnings, the Chinese government placed export restrictions on seven types ... on China for 70% of its imports of all rare earth compounds and metals, according ...

By Keith Bradsher Keith Bradsher, who has covered the rare earth metals industry since 2009, reported from mines and factories in Longnan and Ganzhou, China. China has suspended exports of a wide ...

They also question whether the industry could ever recreate China’s extensive supply chain of critical minerals, and compete with the low price of Indonesian nickel. The Metals Company ...