At a recent hearing of the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese ...

The U.S. and China, two of the world’s largest economies, broke new territory in trade negotiations over rare earth elements.

Many leaders have warned for years about America’s reliance on China for rare earth minerals, several of which are critical ...

Amid border conflict with Myanmar and a trade war with the US, Beijing’s heavy rare earth restrictions are having a global ...

US-based miner Ramaco Resources has completed its underwritten public offering of class A common stock, raising approximately ...

After all, China's hold on rare earth elements is a running theme in "House of Cards" (think of Raymond Tusk's push for "Samarium 149"). And defending the only U.S. rare earth mine is Jason Bourne ...

Rare earth elements sustain the Information Age, and securing a supply of these metals has become a matter of national and economic security. They’re ubiquitous in our smart technologies, high ...

Demand for rare earth elements used in magnets is poised to surge, and recycling could provide additional supply if ...

Rare-earth oxides, clockwise from top center: praseodymium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, samarium, and gadolinium. Rare earth elements are required for key components of cellphones, televisions ...

Demand for rare-earth elements is growing and may reach 315,000 tons by 2030. Meanwhile, more than 40 million tons of e-waste—trashed computers, cell phones, and other electronics—is generated ...

Some rare-earth elements are relatively abundant, but lack of concentration in ore deposits make them hard to mine. Currently, more than 95 percent of the world’s rare-earth supply is produced ...

Molycorp’s facility, in Mountain Pass, California, will expand production dramatically. It’s being rebuilt to produce up to 40,000 metric tons of rare-earth elements by 2013, which would be a ...