In retaliation for President Donald Trump’s new tariffs on imports, China has applied an export tourniquet to key elements of ...

At the Berkeley Pit, researchers hope to extract valuable metals to increase U.S. production of rare earths used in electric ...

Researchers at the University of Texas have developed a new method for extracting rare earth elements, such as lanthanum, ...

Researchers have found that the byproduct of burning coal could be a viable source of critical minerals and rare earths.

In April, China imposed a new round of export controls on seven rare earth elements (REEs) that are essential for modern ...

China is blocking exports of these vital minerals. What makes them so special?

A more efficient and environmentally friendly approach to extracting rare earth elements that power everything from electric ...

MP Materials, operator of the Mountain Pass mine in California’s Mojave Desert, is ramping up supplies of the critical ingredients and magnets as China tightens exports.

A new discovery from researchers at The University of Texas at Austin could change how we gather rare earth ...

aiming to produce 5,000 tons of rare earth magnets annually; it also owns a deposit rich in heavy rare earths in West Texas, including all the minerals on China’s latest export control list ...

China’s decision to suspend exports of rare earth minerals highlights a significant national security vulnerability that cannot be addressed by executive power alone. Three decades ago ...